EU fines BMW and Volkswagen Group $1 bln
- 08-Jul-2021
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Thursday three German carmakers breached EU antitrust rules by restricting competition in emission cleaning for new passenger diesel cars, fining BMW and Volkswagen Group a total of 875 million euros ($1 billion). The EU executive said the trio had colluded on technical development in the area of nitrogen oxide […]
S.Korea to cut CO2 emissions by replacing diesel trains
- 04-Jan-2021
“We will replace all diesel passenger trains with the KTX-Eum by 2029 and establish eco-friendly railway transport nationwide ”
UN chief says drop in emissions from virus will not solve climate crisis
- 11-Mar-2020
Guterres warned that while the global outbreak of coronavirus may have caused a temporary drop in emissions that cause global warming, it would not end the problem and might even divert attention from the fight.
Flight of fancy? Aviation industry tries to go green
- 16-Feb-2020
The aviation industry is ramping up efforts to go green as consumer pressure grows like something from a sci-fi movie to electric aircraft and sustainable fuel.
Blame game over 830-mn-euro settlement in VW’s German diesel cases
- 15-Feb-2020
VW took the first shot, saying it had offered 830 million euros to consumer organisation but that "disproportionate" fee demands from its lawyers had torpedoed the deal.
Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit new high
- 25-Nov-2019
Greenhouse gases levels in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit a record high last year, the UN said Monday
Surging methane emissions imperil climate goals: study
- 12-Dec-2016
LONDON: A decade-long surge of the potent greenhouse gas methane threatens to make the fight against global warming even harder, top researchers warned Monday. “Additional attention is urgently needed to quantify and reduce methane emissions,” they wrote in the Environmental Research Letters journal, summarising the findings of a consortium of 81 scientists. After rising slowly […]
Sweden opens fraud investigation against Volkswagen
- 12-Jan-2016
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's anti-corruption prosecutor announced Tuesday the opening of an "aggravated fraud" investigation against German automaker Volkswagen, which has acknowledged rigging its vehicles for environmental emissions tests.