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Climate, Transport
EU transport can cut emissions by 89% by 2050
2 Sep 2010
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport in the EU could be reduced by 89% by 2050 compared with 1990 levels if all the options currently available are embraced with bold ambition, new research shows.
Energy
MEPs have their say on energy strategy to 2020
2 Sep 2010
The EU needs “massive investment” in grid infrastructure and a common methodology for setting binding targets for energy efficiency, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the energy strategy for Europe has said.
Waste & Resources
Andalucia introduces Spain to carrier bag tax
2 Sep 2010
The southern region of Andalucia has approved the introduction of Spain’s first-ever tax on single-use plastic bags. A charge of five eurocents per bag will apply from 1 January 2011, rising to ten eurocents a year later.

In Depth

Interview

Making a European energy network possible
28 Jul 2010
Europe’s grid operators are facing up to the challenges the transmission network needs to overcome to make the EU’s energy and environmental goals achievable.
Analysis

US climate bill flop threatens global progress
28 Jul 2010
Following the American Senate’s decision to abandon comprehensive climate change legislation, how will the US meet its 17% emissions reduction commitment? And what does it mean for the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) and Cancún?
Opinion

The full cost of environmental liability
22 Jul 2010
With the implementation of the EU’s 2004 Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) there comes a need to reconsider the scope of environmental damage events that could give rise to liability, and to consider the potential scale of damage that could be caused.