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Pertrol stations increase cancer risk

Benzene exposure is a known risk factor for childhood leukaemia and acute myeloid leukaemia in adults. One exposure route for benzene is living near a petrol station.
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E-fuels are a detour on our way to decarbonisation

It takes four times as much energy to drive a car on e-fuels compared to batteries. In addition, they emit as much air pollution as a car running on fossil fuels.
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NGOs want the ice in the Arctic to be white, not black

Black carbon (soot particles) often present in diesel exhaust has an albedo reducing effect when it deposits on snow and ice.
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EU is too slow on phasing-out fossil fuels in transport sector

The EU reached agreement in February 2023 on ending sales of new combustion engine cars and vans by 2035. But phasing out sales of new cars with internal combustion engines in the EU by 2035 ...
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Wind technologies for cleaner shipping

A large ongoing EU project demonstrates that the expansion of direct wind propulsion technologies for ships will be an important and impactful step towards cleaner shipping.
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“Cost of clean shipping is negligible” says case study

Transport & Environment has assessed “…the likely cost increase in seaborne transport in a hypothetical fully decarbonized scenario”. More specifically, the assessment investigated a substantial ...
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How iron and steel emissions can be cut

The huge emissions from the steel industry can be virtually eliminated by using hydrogen from green power, or from other electric processes. CCS is not used, not needed and not likely to be a mitigation option.
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Efficiency standards for Indian buses and trucks

In July, the Indian government proposed fuel consumption standards for heavy-duty vehicles in a draft notification issued by the road transport ministry.
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