Smog. MEPs voted for doubling maximum emission limits for diesel cars

Smog. MEPs voted for doubling maximum emission limits for diesel cars

When levels of pollutants cannot be lowered, limits are relaxed. This is what happened at the European Parliament on 3 February. MEPs voted for implementing emission tests on cars’ Real Driving Emissions (RDE) that will lead to the cut down of cars’ maximum emission values.       However, it’s all about giving car manufacturers

Keep giving the Earth a voice. Let’s shape 2016 together

Keep giving the Earth a voice. Let’s shape 2016 together

Stories must be told, whether they’re negative or positive. Our effort has been to give voice to the Earth and its silent breath, like Rachel Carson would have said. Whether it is being safeguarded or exploited, we take care in relating its state of health because it is our only home, the place that has

Young people and cars: bicycles, computers and smartphones are better

Young people and cars: bicycles, computers and smartphones are better

Smartphones and bicycles instead of cars. This is what teenagers these days prefer, while, on the contrary, in former times, young people craved to pass their driving test and get a car, as a means to become more independent adults.   So, it’s not due to diesel emissions scandal that Germans don’t drive as they did