Germany: BUND sues federal government
The Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) is taking legal action against the Ampel government for failing to meet its climate targets. Immediate programmes should soon find a place in implementation if Germany wants to close the climate protection gap in the areas of transport and buildings.
Mobility transition: Whether e-cars can clean the air?
To save the climate, it is undoubtedly first and foremost important to reduce the stock of pollutants and carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Researchers are now developing a CO2-negative battery that will enable electric cars to clean the air.
Norway: E-car ban on ships
Electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell cars are not safe enough to be carried, they say. The Norwegian shipping company now wants to ban them from its ferries.
USA: Sales stop of e-cars in Wyoming
Instead of supporting transport electrification, the US state wants to ban electric cars. Once again, the future of the country is to depend on conventional internal combustion engines - to go along with the economic policy plans of the Republicans.
Euro7G: Hybrid cars out in low emission zones
From 2025, the new EU Euro7 emissions standard is to come into force and put vehicle emissions of all kinds under greater control - including those from hybrid cars. In this context, location monitoring technology, or geofencing, is to automatically switch off the combustion engine in zero-emission zones and switch to purely electric.
Germany: E-mobility endangers power grid
Green technologies could lead to power outages because of their energy requirements. To avoid such a risk, the grid agency is now considering restricting e-car charging - with the ultimate goal of expanding the country's electrical infrastructure.
Environmental pollution: Tyre plastic in the salad?!
The consequences of tyre abrasion for the environment and health should not be underestimated. A study proves how microplastics can get into arable crops. New, more environmentally conscious tyres could bring the situation back under control.
Berlin: Car-free summer streets
Temporarily, some of the capital's side streets are to be closed to traffic during the coming warm months. This is to create more space for the community - and at the same time make a big contribution to environmental and health protection.
Diesel scandal: KBA in court over thermal windows
For years, exhaust manipulation has sparked debate between environmentalists and carmakers - because the environmental consequences of illegal defeat devices should not be underestimated. Now the German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe) is taking legal action against type-approvals of vehicles with thermal windows.
USA tightens environmental standards for trucks
From 2027, they are supposed to regulate truck operating emissions and ensure clean heavy goods traffic. Will the industry have enough time and resources to prove measure sceptics wrong?