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
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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
Shipping body may delay NOx limits until 2021
17 May 2013Russia's proposal to push back the implementation of emissions control areas was backed by the IMO's environment committee this week
Proposed changes to toys directive likely this year
17 May 2013New limits for flame retardant TCEP and its substitutes TCPP and TDCP, plastics intermediate BPA and lead and barium are in the pipeline
- 16 May 2013 EC officials outline biomass sustainability plans
- 16 May 2013 EU steel sector sees limited CO2-cut potential
- 16 May 2013 End of the line nears for cheap CO2 offsets in EU
- 16 May 2013 Commission to close EU green freight programme
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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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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
- Consultation on exemptions from environmental state aid rules EC
- Carbon market lobby urges EPP to support backloading IETA
- CFP reform talks enter final phase, discards ban likely Irish presidency
- Ireland to review tax regime for oil and gas exploration Minister's speech
- EC backs €40m aid for new generation biorefineries Rapid
- Australia cuts funds for cleaner coal, CCS on low CO2 price Farming Ahead
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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
- UK report on nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) in imported textiles
- Consultancy report on collapse of the CDM (CO2 Spain)
16 May
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