Energy costs under spotlight at European summit
21 May 2013The impact of energy prices on Europe’s competitiveness and growth will be the crucial issue under discussion at a special summit of EU leaders on Wednesday
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UK government consults on future ties with EU
21 May 2013The government wants to know whether Britain’s interest would be better served by the EU having fewer – or greater – powers to set environment and climate policy
EU heating and cooling strategy due in autumn
17 May 2013The plan will take stock of the sector’s role in relation to renewables, innovation and efficiency policy, the sixth annual European Heat Pump Forum heard
IMO makes contentious deal on climate principles
17 May 2013Diplomats’ varying interpretations of the text show disagreements over who should take on responsibility for cutting ships’ emissions have not been solved
- 17 May 2013 Shipping body may delay NOx limits until 2021
- 17 May 2013 Proposed changes to toys directive likely this year
- 16 May 2013 EC officials outline biomass sustainability plans
- 16 May 2013 EU steel sector sees limited CO2-cut potential
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Backloading vote: an analyst’s view
16 Apr 2013MEPs' decision to block the EU executive’s proposal to ‘backload’ carbon allowance sales leaves the ETS in a precarious position, says analyst Matteo Mazzoni
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The dangers of not fixing the ETS
16 Apr 2013Anthony Hobley of law firm Norton Rose warns that alternatives to the EU's emissions trading scheme are far less appealing to businesses
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Sea change for marine litter
25 Mar 2013Scientists, international organisations and the private sector have set their sights on stemming the rising tide of plastic waste, writes Rikki Stancich
- 5 Feb 2013 REACH review – a lawyer’s point of view
- 30 Jan 2013 Aircraft recyclers clean up their act
- 21 Nov 2012 Green public procurement’s growing pains
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- Low interest in new CDM projects continues UNEP Risoe
17 May
- Mixed reception for new US fracking rules Financial Times
- EU proposal on organic farming expected this year Irish presidency
- Plasticiser DEHP ingested mainly through food German EPA
- EU launches €31.5m 'eco-innovation' competition European Commission
16 May
- 400ppm will be global CO2 average by 2015 - UN scientists WMO
- Australia seeks to limit ocean 'geoengineering' SMH
- IRU issues final recommendations on EU transport policy Press release
- Argentina files WTO complaint on EU biofuels rules WTO
- 330 onshore oil and gas licenses issued in UK Business Green
15 May
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21 May
- First EU ETS auctioning reports for the third trading period
- EEA's latest annual report on the quality of bathing water in Europe
- EU position on the designation of a Nitrogen Oxyde Emissions Control Area in the Baltic Sea
17 May
- Preliminary analysis of air quality in Germany last year
- EC guidance on the application of the EIA procedure for large-scale transboundary projects
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