Britain must do more to tackle air quality
The UK Supreme Court has ordered the government to deliver plans to tackle air pollution by the end of the year, in a unanimous decision delivered Wednesday (29 April). The Air Quality Directive set...
View ArticleHow Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?
This paper provides a comprehensive, updated picture of energy subsidies at the global and regional levels. It focuses on the broad notion of post-tax energy subsidies, which arise when consumer prices...
View ArticleUkrainian Parliament gives green light to tax-free import of electric cars
The Verkhovna Rada has passed draft law No. 1674 in first reading on amendments to the Law on the Customs Tariff of Ukraine to lift import duties on electric vehicles. Only the third attempt to vote on...
View ArticleAdvancing Europe’s energy systems: stationary fuel cells in distributed...
The study, which firmly identifies innovative fuel cell micro-CHP (FC mCHP) products as a promising new technology and plots a path towards their commercialisation in the coming years, comes as the EU...
View ArticleG7: End of fossil fuel era?
The G7 has called for a transformation of electricity generation towards clean sources by 2050. They said fossil fuel emissions should not be allowed in any sector of the economy by the end of the...
View ArticleCommission refers Belgium and Bulgaria to Court and gives Sweden a final...
The European Commission is referring Belgium and Bulgaria to EU Court of Justice over persistently high levels of the dust particles which pose a major risk to public health. Despite an obligation for...
View ArticleBerlin had pledged a target of 1 million all-electrics and hydrogen-powered...
Faced with widespread public scepticism about the benefits of all-electric cars, Germany’s government is stepping up efforts to get more zero-emission vehicles on the roads. Berlin had pledged a target...
View ArticleKey action points for the successful implementation of Germany’s energy...
On 1 July the German government reached a political agreement, summarised in a Key Points Paper, on measures to achieve the objectives of the Energiewende (German energy transition) in a cost-effective...
View ArticleEC Energy Commissioner: local authorities indispensable in energy transition
The EU Energy Union Commissioner Šefčovič in a remarkable address to the Committee of the Regions on July 8 referred to the importance of the role of local and regional governments in ensuring that the...
View ArticleEU Commission launches energetic Summer package
On the eve of a new heat wave and national holiday weekend in Belgium the EU Commission presented its long anticipated Energy package including more details on a new deal for energy consumers, a...
View ArticleUS > EU Business Act on Climate Pledge?
On July 27 2015 Secretary of State John Kerry and senior White House officials hosted 13 of the largest companies from across the American economy who are standing with the Obama Administration to...
View ArticleEuropean Investment Advisory Hub boosts services to transport projects
Boosting investments in transport by ensuring complementatry use of different finacing tools, on October 22, 2015 the Commission organized a high-paced meeting in Brussels to follow up on a discussion...
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