A study brings alarming results and shows that most diesel vehicles actually conceal their actual emissions through defeat devices. Up to 150 car models from different manufacturers could be affected. How will the authorities act? Will more diesel driving bans and environmental zones be introduced?
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.
In 2022, Germany met its climate targets in terms of total greenhouse gases released. However, not all sectors are on the right track. The transport sector in particular, with its annually rising emissions, is causing concern among experts.
The Green parliamentary group proposes an eco-social reform of the commuter allowance - with the aim of having transport emissions and government spending reduced at the same time. In future, commuters who use environmentally harmful vehicles such as internal combustion engines will only be entitled to a reduced commuter allowance.
A study shows the extent of the global pollution problem. Only a fraction of the earth's population would live safely from the health effects of air pollutants. It is time for a more decisive climate policy.
Numerous emissions tests have found defects in the diesel particulate filters of many internal combustion vehicles. The Swiss Automobile Association (AGVS) is sounding the alarm: one in five diesel cars could pollute the air more than is permitted under the emission limits.
Grenoble is the first French city to sue the state for inaction on air pollution. Grenoble is demanding the annulment of the Plan for the Protection of the Atmosphere (PPA3) because the limits set are too high. So far, only individuals or associations had sued.
For climate physicists and scientists, industrialisation is not only an important reference point marking the beginning of anthropogenic - i.e. man-made - climate change, but has also left its mark on art and famous painting styles. What are the "positive" effects of air and environmental pollution on our lives?
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.
