Poland says virus fallout makes it ”even more difficult” to hit EU climate goals
Poland, which relies heavily on coal-fired power stations, will find it even tougher to achieve the European Union’s climate goals…
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Devices in standby-mode cost German households nearly 450,000 euro per hour
Electronic devices turned into standby-mode cost German households about 448,000 euro per hour, power price comparison website Check24 has found.…
It’s official: PMB has repealed the Oxygen vignette
Bogdan Tudorache The General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest (CGMB) on Tuesday repealed the ecological vignette Oxigen, whereby polluting…
Power lines for trucks could save German road freight emissions – study
A 3,200-kilometre network of overhead power lines (catenary) for hybrid trucks would cut Germany’s road freight emissions by a fifth…
Opposition FDP politician calls for delaying CO2 price due to coronavirus
The economic crisis caused in Germany by the coronavirus has led to first calls to postpone the country’s CO2 price…
Panic on the stock markets decreases the quotations of the emission certificates, for the benefit of the CE Oltenia
Recent declines in world stock exchanges and lower barrel prices have led to a decline in carbon emissions certificates (EU-ETS).…
EU should scrap emissions trading scheme, Polish official says
The European Union should scrap its Emissions Trading System or exempt Poland from the scheme, which helps combat global warming,…
The program subsidizing the purchase of classic and purely hybrid cars began on Tuesday
The “Rabla Classic” program for 2020 started on Tuesday, at 1:00 pm, through the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM), informs the…
Environment Minister: We are on site daily and we check waste dumps, combustion stations and sorting stations
The environmental problems must be completed and, during this difficult period for Romania and Europe, we are on site, checking…
Ministry of Environment: Bucharest is breathing a less polluted air today
In the last week, the concentrations of all pollutants monitored were well below the limit values. Every day, there were…
Bucharest districts and General City Hall, fined for the non-fulfillment of the integrated Air Quality Plan
The district City halls and the General City Hall of Bucharest were fined by the National Environmental Guard (GNM) with…
Alexe: CET Grozaveşti, fined 100,000 lei for not notifying APM Bucharest that it used fuel oil
The pollution in Bucharest registered on the night of March 1 to 2 was represented by a multitude of factors,…
ELCEN: There has been no exceeding of emission limits
ELCEN transparently and justifiably rejects any biased statements that link the level of excessive pollution recorded in Bucharest on the…
Minister of the Environment: An action to be taken as a priority is to rethink the use of resources
An action that needs to be addressed as a priority is to rethink how resources are used, and for rational…
Government studies find Germany’s 2030 climate package fails to reach objective
The German government’s comprehensive 2030 climate package announced last year will likely fail to reach its objective and not bring…
Minister of the Environment requested the resignation of the Chief Commissioner of the Bucharest Environment Guard
The Minister of the Environment, Water and Forests, Costel Alexe, on Wednesday demanded the National Environment Guard to dismiss the…
Air pollution, main risk factor for mortality worldwide
Air pollution is the world’s leading cause of mortality as it reduces a person’s lifespan by three years on average,…
Deloitte report: Proper workforce skills for Industry 4.0 remains a challenge, while climate change climbs in the top of the executives’ concerns
Workforce skills for the industry 4.0 remain a challenge for organizations globally, as executives still don’t fully understand the competences…
Alexandru: We sent control bodies at the companies in Bucharest and Ilfov that have activities that involve burning processes
Acting Minister of Labor, Violeta Alexandru, announced that she asked the Labor Inspectorate to carry out a series of checks…
Minister of Environment dismissed the ANPMB management following the pollution scandal
Costel Alexe, the Minister of the Environment, announced on Monday morning the causes of the excessive pollution that was registered…
The deposit system, the only chance for Romania; the problem of recycling is the collection
Bogdan Tudorache The storage system is the only chance at the moment to increase the amount of waste collected and…
Costel Alexe: Romania will enter infringement for not reaching recycling target; I don’t think incinerators are a solution
Bogdan Tudorache Romania will not reach its recycling target for 2020 and could enter into a costly infringement procedure, said…
Greenpeace – Waiving the Oxygen tax, an irresponsible act; Costel Alexe – the tax would have been a good measure
Bogdan Tudorache Environmental activists from Greenpeace Romania consider eliminating the Oxygen tax “a populist and completely irresponsible act”, according to…