EP committee votes to weaken backloading plan
19 Jun 2013The parliament’s environment committee has agreed to submit a weakened version of the CO2 backloading proposal for plenary approval on 3 July
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Energy savings key to CO2 goals, says EC official
19 Jun 2013Energy efficiency measures will be crucial to the EU’s decarbonisation if nuclear and carbon capture cannot be fully exploited, says Philip Lowe of DG Energy
LULUCF accounting rules to enter force in July
19 Jun 2013The first accounting period for emissions and removals from forestry and agriculture will end in 2020. National actions must be communicated by mid-2014
Vans almost achieving CO2 limit, EEA data shows
19 Jun 2013Emissions from new vans sold in the EU last year averaged 180.3 grams of CO2 per kilometre, close to the EU's 175gCO2/km limit to be met by 2017
- 18 Jun 2013 MEPs threaten to boycott CAP talks
- 18 Jun 2013 EU executive moots merging machinery noise laws
- 18 Jun 2013 Lithuanian presidency to push for F-gas deal
- 18 Jun 2013 Wales mulls biowaste landfill, incineration ban
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Europe should set an EPS for power plants
13 Jun 2013Stephen Tindale of the Centre for European Reform argues setting an EU emissions standard for these plants would make climate policies more effective
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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
- 25 Mar 2013 Sea change for marine litter
- 5 Feb 2013 REACH review – a lawyer’s point of view
- 30 Jan 2013 Aircraft recyclers clean up their act
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