Emissions need to be halved to avoid 3°C warming – scientists
Emissions need to be halved by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius but temperatures are on track to…
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Greenpeace: Romania’s plan for energy and climate: harmful, lacking ambition and penalized by the European Commission
The recommendations of the European Commission for the Integrated National Plan for Energy and Climate (PNIESC) drafted by Romania for…
Carbon pricing “essential” to stem global warming, Pope tells energy leaders
Pope Francis said on Friday that carbon pricing, used by many governments to make energy consumers pay for the costs…
PwC Survey: More than two-thirds of environmental controls have ended with additional business payments
Environmental Fund Administration (AFM) controls were finalized in 69% of cases with additional payment obligations, reveals the results of a…
Cutting emissions: EU Council adopts CO2 standards for trucks
Trucks on Europe’s roads will be cleaner from 2025. The Council today adopted Europe’s first-ever CO2 emission standards for trucks…
EU boosts market for clean vehicles with binding procurement targets
The Council today adopted binding targets for zero- and low-emission vehicles in public procurement in each member state. The new…
ING contributes to sustainable development through the projects and clients it finances
The global objectives of decent work, growth, responsible consumption and production are the priorities of ING, writes Radoslav Georgiev, Sustainable…
OMV and Porsche Holding partner to boost CNG fuelling
OMV is investing up to EUR 10 million in the CNG network, with plans to upgrade the existing dispensers and…
Elizabeth Warren proposes $2 trillion clean energy plan
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to invest $2 trillion in federal funding in clean energy programs…
Biden promises 100% clean energy, net-zero emissions by 2050
Calling climate change “an existential threat,” Joe Biden, the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race, proposed achieving 100% clean energy…
Greenpeace Romania urges the Ministry of Energy to give up on coal
Greenpeace Romania has sent a firm message to the Energy Ministry to eliminate the coal from the energy mix and…
EBRD helps Moldova’s second largest city buy more new trolleybuses
Some 150,000 people living in Moldova’s second largest city, Balti, will benefit from more environmentally friendly and energy efficient public…
CE Oltenia announces that all its 11 energy groups will meet EU requirements in March 2020
In 2018, 3 complete NOx reduction plants were implemented and put into operation at energy groups no. 5 and 7…
Energy Strategy: Environment does not approve one of the studies, discussions
The Ministry of Environment does not agree with the KVB report on the Energy Efficiency Assessment Study (SEA) and during…
Romania recycled only 14% of municipal waste during the past eight years
Romania has not managed to increase its recycling rate over the last eight years, according to an Ernst & Young…
Clean energy for all Europeans package completed; the Energy Union is one step closer
The Council of ministers of the EU formally adopted this week four new pieces of EU legislation that redesign the…
Germany: Environment minister backs CCS as part of a German 2050 climate-neutrality bid
Germany’s environment minister Svenja Schulze has said the country should seriously consider carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to deal…
Exxon and Energy Department team up on biofuels, plastics research
Research collaborations for cleaner, more energy-dense biofuels and recyclable plastics are at the heart of a new agreement between Exxon…
Bosch to be carbon neutral worldwide by 2020
Bosch is to be fully climate-neutral as early as next year. Its over 400 locations worldwide, and their engineering, manufacturing,…
Energy researchers spell out four reasons for slow emissions reduction in Germany
The rapid expansion of renewable power sources in Germany has not been matched by a parallel drop in carbon emissions…
Investment in renewables must double to reach Paris goals
The world must double spending on renewable power and slash investment in oil and coal by 2030 to keep the…
Two million of cars registered in the European Union are electric or hybrid – Eurostat
In 2017, 262 million cars were registered in the European Union, of which about two million (0.8%) were electric or…