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The market share of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) among new passenger car registrations in Europe increased fairly quickly, from about 2% in 2019, to nearly 6% in 2020, and to approximately 9% in 2021 (January to November). The European Union’s CO...

To address the ever-growing CO2 emissions from road freight and passenger transport, and to meet the objectives of the Climate Law, the European Union (EU) adopted CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). The regulation mandates fleet-wide emission...

Last May, we wondered if we would soon “B.C.-ing” a scrubber discharge ban in Vancouver. Turns out, yes. But for maximum effect, a cruise-ship-sized loophole needs to be closed before the ban takes effect on March 1, 2022.
On November 24, 2021, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority issued a Notice of Amendment to its Port Information Guide introducing restrictions on scrubber washwater discharges for ships at-anchor or at-berth. That’s welcome news because, as we found in...

At the close of 2021, I sat down to ballpark aviation’s contribution to my personal carbon footprint for the year, as I have in previous years. Then, I remembered: due to COVID travel restrictions, I managed to get out of 2021 without ever setting foot...