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In August and again in December of last year, I was asked to speak about the implications of the surprising surge in public announcements of future bans on certain types of vehicles. At the time, I...There has been a surprising surge in announcements by cities and national governments of future bans on certain types of vehicles. These bans are a signal of growing political will, impatience with...

In the first quarter of 2016, both Delta Air Lines and United Airlines ended all flights from the U.S. to the Persian Gulf. Delta stated that they terminated their Atlanta-Dubai route because it was...With the exit of Delta and United from the Persian Gulf market, one would expect that there was some impact on the market’s average fuel efficiency. But, is it due to a less diverse mix of aircraft,...

An economics blogger I follow once wrote that it’s impossible to be a long-run market bull if you’re always a short-term market bear. The adage, which points out that it’s philosophically...Progress in establishing a cap on GHG emissions from shipping has been slow going. But, last week, the IMO finally passed a resolution on the first global climate framework for international shipping...

Berlin, 16 April 2018— The European Commission today awarded a research consortium made up of the Danish Clean-Tech company Amminex (owned by Faurecia), the British catalyst manufacturer Johnson...

在中央和地方政策的大力扶持下，我国的新能源汽车市场飞速发展，无论是在绝对体量还是在发展速度上，都无国能出其右。但是，在整体中国市场大繁荣的背景之下，不同城市的新能源汽车推广情况却大相径庭。上海、北京、深圳、杭州等城市的新能源乘用车年销量已经过万，成功跻身“世界电动车之都”的行列， 但是，在其他一些示范推广城市，却鲜有新能源汽车的踪影，很多城市的新能源乘用车年销量仍不足千辆，有的甚至几近为零。显然...

In the Air Pollution Control Action Plan2 released in 2013, China’s State Council set a goal of improving air quality in 2017, including a reduction in the urban concentration of particulate matter (...

The ICCT commissioned the Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics of the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) to conduct track and chassis dynamometer testing to determine the...

Recently I attended a workshop in the European Parliament on CO2 standards for new passenger cars and vans for 2025–2030, organized by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (...Although there is broad agreement on what steps need to be taken regarding CO2 standards for new passenger cars and vans, the regulatory proposal from the European Commission is far from actually...

Autobuses de Metrobús L7, de última tecnología ambiental: ICCT —La Prensa, 3/1/2018 Autobuses de L7 Metrobús, aliados del medio ambiente —Excélsior, 3/1/2018 Autobuses de L7 del Metrobús contaminan...