Griffin Carpenter
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Environmental economist working to improve European policy. Tweets are my own, except when they're not.
Brussels, Belgium
Joined May 2009
🦖It’s time for the EU’s leasing giants to leave the fossil age behind. Not only have they not committed to fully phasing out petrol cars, 6 of the 7 were found to be misleading customers with claims of green leadership. Read our study 👉 https://t.co/bojx1VIB6j
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Prime Minister @RishiSunak accused of breaking his word after dropping the #KeptAnimalsBill in another animal welfare U-turn from the Government. Thank you @horton_official for covering this betrayal of animals and including HSI/UK's reaction. https://t.co/VJGPdxvb9L
theguardian.com
Animal welfare groups and Conservative campaigners criticise decision to scrap kept animals bill
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After Montréal, Lyon follows the trend of higher parking fees based on power and size of vehicle.
📢 Lyon: une nouvelle tarification progressive du stationnement 🅿️ ✅ Plus de simplicité pour les artisans ✅ Un tarif familial et solidaire pour les résidents ✅ Un tarif progressif en fonction de la durée, motorisation et poids des voitures << Thread à dérouler >> 1/24 #Lyon
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As battery electric vehicles (BEVs) make up a growing share of the market, what barriers remain for the broader transition to electromobility? Join us for a webinar 11 May at 2pm addressing these questions. Register now to secure your spot 👇 https://t.co/VQhfGQLHQb
eventbrite.com
How do used electric cars perform and what is their value? Learn more about the used car market for BEVs in T&E's next webinar
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New Zealand ships its last livestock as ban takes effect
reuters.com
New Zealand's last exports of livestock by sea have been completed and live exports have ceased, its agriculture minister said on Friday, as it fully implemented a ban on export shipments of animals...
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The headline may put some people off, but this piece on the animal welfare dimension of pet ownership is both thoughtful and challenging: https://t.co/TlpmsRR1OO
@KennyTorrella (For some reason I, like the author, feel the need to assure that I have pets and 'get it'.)
vox.com
Why we should aim for a world with fewer but happier pets.
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Reply from @EuropecheOrg is an odd combination of arguing that fuel intensity can't decrease but also that the industry is super innovative and has decreased fuel intensity a lot (especially during periods of high fuel prices...)
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Proposal by @Marcita__o & @LauraElsler. Classic 'double dividend' of green taxation that reduces pollution and raises revenue for projects. And the "tax" is just the removal of a subsidy. And the most fuel-intensive fishing is also the most seabed-impacting (triple dividend!).
Campaigners call for EU to tax fishing industry to fund decarbonisation
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Are lease companies overcharging for EVs? @transenv studied 2.7m used cars. BEVs lose ~same value as petrol/diesel cars, it found. But lease providers are charging far more for them - making them less affordable and slowing the EV transition.
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And another video on the pricing model
Leasing deals on #electricvehicles are overpriced, outdated and misaligned with market trends. Why does it cost so much more to lease a BEV than a petrol 🚗?
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To accompany the report, here is a video explaining the role of leasing companies
The 🚘 leasing sector has the potential to kickstart an BEV revolution through its fleet of 12mn cars. Most new cars today are bought by these giants - not by individuals or even employers. We call on the leasing sector to commit to only buying BEVs from 2027.
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Used electric cars are 🔥hot🔥 leasing deals are ❄️not❄️ My latest report with @transenv on the misalignment between the conservative assumptions used by leasing companies and what is actually happening with BEVs on the used car market: https://t.co/0GTkCqNOgj
transportenvironment.org
Leasing companies are harming the transition to electric cars through their high pricing and weak zero-emission targets, a new study by Transport &…
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The 🚘 leasing sector has the potential to kickstart an BEV revolution through its fleet of 12mn cars. Most new cars today are bought by these giants - not by individuals or even employers. We call on the leasing sector to commit to only buying BEVs from 2027.
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They have some of the largest fleets in the 🚗 industry... but you've probably never heard of them. Leasing companies are key players in the #EVtransition. It’s time they recognized the huge responsibility they have to the 🌏 by setting EV goals of their own.
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Teslas are expensive, but they're not more expensive than the average new car.
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🐟New article on the economic performance of the EU fishing fleet during the COVID-19 pandemic (open access): https://t.co/0j0tPfyUzJ Results generally show that economic performance was better than expected. Thank you to the whole large data team and Jordi Guillen (JRC).
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Deadline approaching for an economic analyst at @transenv. Come join the team:
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🚗Data on 2022 European car sales is now live: https://t.co/YDamJgEnEd In the EU, BEVs took 12% of the 2022 sales. Stalling progress in Spain 🇪🇸 and Italy 🇮🇹 mean they rank behind Portugal (x3), Romania (x2), Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia...
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This should have been headline news. One of the world’s biggest oil companies thinks that global oil demand peaked in 2019. In the same report it highlighted the rapid rise in renewables and shift to electric vehicles.
BP projects global oil demand to slowly fall in the next few years, followed by a rapid from around 2030 onwards. 'New Momentum' here is following similar trends to the last few years. The others are accelerated climate action. https://t.co/J5kZ9FZbxg
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