Reducing Emissions from International Shipping

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has just voted on measures to reduce greenhouse gases in international shipping.  The decision to “amend the Regulation on monitoring, reporting and verifying carbon dioxide emissions from shipping”, also known as the “MRV Regulation”, will in future oblige large ships not only to report detailed data on their CO2 and…

Lisbon Metro Improvements Set to Cut CO2 Emissions

The European Commission has approved an investment of €83 million from the cohesion fund to improve the metro network in Lisbon, Portugal.  The project will improve the connection, efficiency and safety of the metro lines. It will better link Lisbon’s busy Yellow line, which serves the area with the highest employment density, with the Green line,…