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Greenpeace: Save billions with speed limits and working from home: The environmental organization Greenpeace is pushing for home office and speed limits to save ...
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Greenpeace: Save billions with speed limits and working from home
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Greenpeace estimates excess profits of oil companies in Luxembourg at 210 million euros.
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Greenpeace estimates excess profits of oil companies in Luxembourg at 210 ...
Greenwashing in Austria: Greenpeace files EU complaint against three-year transition period
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Greenwashing in Austria: Greenpeace files EU complaint against three-year ...
“A free, highly effective measure”: Activists install 100 km/h speed limit signs on highways
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“A free, highly effective measure”: Activists install 100 km/h speed limit ...
100 km/h speed limit on highways? Greenpeace activists cover a sign on the A93 near Kiefersfelden.
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100 km/h speed limit on highways? Greenpeace activists cover a sign on the ...
Transport minister takes stock: One year under Schnieder, but no party mood: The transport minister does not rule out fuel shortages, rejects a speed limit ...
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Transport minister takes stock: One year under Schnieder, but no party ...
Key FactsTransport Challenges Amid Infrastructure Overhaul
May 6, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: taz.de
  • Minister Schnieder supports a two-month fuel discount and may extend it if oil market tensions persist.

  • He rejects a speed limit but notes slower driving and increased public transport usage already occurring.

  • Greenpeace proposes cutting kerosene use by 38% through fewer business flights and more train travel, which the minister dismisses.

  • A €170 billion budget targets infrastructure upgrades while a new driver licensing system is planned for early 2027.
  • The citizens don't need a 'nanny' to keep them from straying onto the grass on the highway.
    — Patrick Schnieder (CDU), Federal Minister of Transport, stated this at a press conference marking the first year in office
Ending the fossil fuel era: Greenpeace criticizes Merz’s zigzagging course in the energy price crisis
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Ending the fossil fuel era: Greenpeace criticizes Merz’s zigzagging course ...
OpinionSpeed limit: Driving slowly is cheap: While the coalition debates high gas prices, Greenpeace is calling for a speed limit. This could do more than just save ...
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Speed limit: Driving slowly is cheap
Energy crisis due to Iran war: EU demands more home office and a speed limit: The Iran war is causing energy prices to skyrocket. The EU Energy Commissioner ...
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Energy crisis due to Iran war: EU demands more home office and a speed ...
Speed ​​limits and more working from home: Brussels appeals to member states: The war in Iran is driving up energy prices worldwide. Now the EU Commission is ...
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Speed ​​limits and more working from home: Brussels appeals to member ...
Homeoffice, Tempolimits, weniger Flüge: EU-Kommission ruft zum Energiesparen auf: Die neue Spritpreisregel ist in Kraft getreten.
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Homeoffice, Tempolimits, weniger Flüge: EU-Kommission ruft zum ...
Shein promised to remove jackets containing toxic chemicals - | but only changed article numbers
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Shein promised to remove jackets containing toxic chemicals - | but only ...
Mercosur dispute: Environmentalists attack SPD plans - | "Legally hardly enforceable"
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Mercosur dispute: Environmentalists attack SPD plans - |
Where in Europe has the most and least direct trains to other cities?: Greenpeace is calling for more investment in European railways to create more direct train ...
euronews.com/green/2024/07/02/lack-of-direct-trains-in-europe-is-pushing-people-to-take-flights-campaigners-say
Where in Europe has the most and least direct trains to other cities?
Environmentalists take EU taxonomy to court.: The EU has classified gas and nuclear power as "sustainable." Several environmental groups are now taking legal ...
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Environmentalists take EU taxonomy to court.
'Deliver ocean protection you promised': Greenpeace action calls out EU failures: With the projection on the EU Commission HQ in Brussels, Greenpeace ...
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'Deliver ocean protection you promised': Greenpeace action calls out EU ...
Controversial taxonomy rules: European Parliament classifies nuclear and gas as climate-friendly
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Controversial taxonomy rules: European Parliament classifies nuclear and ...
Strict ban on internal combustion engines is apparently off the table: A French compromise proposal is to allow the sale of cars with internal combustion engines ...
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Strict ban on internal combustion engines is apparently off the table