Once again, the city, in cooperation with environmental associations, is calling for the creation of a maritime environmental zone off the coast of Marseille. Above all, ships with the environmentally harmful "scrubber filter" should be banned. This is because they do not prevent water pollution, but contribute to it.
This Tuesday, 07 March 2023, was supposed to be the day: The EU wanted to put an end to the combustion engine once and for all. But the signing of its decision has to be postponed. Some EU states do not want to participate. Fearing that the vote would be negative, the decision was postponed for the time being.
Just under a week ago, Chancellor Scholz met with the Indian Prime Minister. His goal: to profit from the opportunities and capabilities of the subcontinent in the areas of wind energy, solar energy, biomass, hydrogen and, above all, electromobility. Is India becoming a pioneer of electric mobility?
While countries like France and the Netherlands are increasingly introducing measures to limit emissions and the resulting pollution in the transport sector, some German cities now want to abolish the long-standing environmental zones. As of March, Karlsruhe, Pfinztal, Schramberg and Heidelberg will no longer have low emission zones. Will other German cities follow suit?
Low-emission zones are not the only way cities and municipalities are going about their efforts to make traffic more environmentally friendly. New regulations are being introduced all the time to supplement low-emission zone rules or to make traffic safer. In France and Switzerland, for example, further regulations are in force that require more than just an environmental sticker to drive - for increased road safety and a greener traffic future. In Switzerland, the Stick'Air sticker is compulsory, and in France the Angles Morts sticker. But what are they exactly and how do they work? Green-Zones® explains everything you need to know.
From 2035, no new diesel and petrol cars will be allowed in the European Union. But what will become of numerous other vehicles, such as trucks and buses, which will find it more difficult to make a green transition? What will the planned EU ban on the use of internal combustion engines in new registrations mean for such large vehicles? Which cities are already banning internal combustion vehicles from low emission zones?
The EU Parliament's decision on Tuesday to no longer allow new cars with combustion engines is causing concern for many motorists. The Greens, the Left and the Social Democrats voted in favour of only allowing second-hand cars with petrol and diesel to be driven in Europe. Now the question arises whether this was only the first step towards a complete ban of combustion engines on our roads.
High-emission tractors and trucks will power carnival wagons in German cities again this year - including in Munich, where new driving bans on internal combustion vehicles have been in force since the beginning of the month. Will the carnival tradition also become greener in the coming years?
There seems to be no solution in sight to the issue of traffic management on the Brenner Pass. Above all, the volume of lorry traffic is unmanageable for Austria and neighbouring countries. Tyrol's FPÖ leader is calling for the closure of the A13 Brenner motorway in case of emergency and thus for complete truck driving bans.
The transport senate announced the planned introduction of some traffic-free streets for next summer. The Green parliamentary group in Pankow is already joining the initiative and naming the first locations.
