EU backs down on China solar panel tariffs
The bloc’s trade commissioner lowered tariffs on the $27 billion worth of solar panels that China sells to Europe each year.
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Airline industry carbon proposal may help save U.N. deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal agreed to this week by major airlines could rescue U.N. efforts for a deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the aviation sector, but...
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
EU's greenhouse gas emissions sink to lowest since 1990
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greenhouse gases emitted by the European Union fell by 3.3 percent in 2011 to their lowest level since 1990, the European Environment Agency said on...
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Study says car fuel efficiency falls further below EU makers' claims
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The gap has widened between the fuel-efficiency that carmakers declare for their models and the reality for drivers, with luxury German vehicles...
Europe's biofuel policies leading to more wood pellet exports from America's forests
Amid a European push to reduce fossil-fuel use and carbon-dioxide emissions, some coal-burning power plants are switching to wood and importing the resource from the U.S.
IEA: Germany must curb runaway retail energy prices for sake of green power
FRANKFURT, May 24 (Reuters) - Germany must rein in runaway retail prices for electricity or risk a consumer backlash that could undermine support for a massive shift...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
EU probes oil-price setting
European Union antitrust authorities carried out inspections at oil companies in three countries and a price-index publisher, part of an investigation into whether oil...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Poland's shale gas hopes suffer blow
News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its deposits of the...
Shale boom a bust for Europe's gas plants
The ripples of the North American shale boom continue to spread, with a growing number of European utilities forced to mothball gas-fired plants that can't compete...
Sunday, May 5th, 2013
EU to propose duties on Chinese solar panels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's trade chief will recommend placing punitive import duties on billions of euros of solar panels from China, people close to the matter...
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
EU politicians back compromise on car emission targets
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU politicians on Wednesday backed a compromise deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles from 2020 and also called for a 2025 target that...
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Nuclear fuel leaves French port for Japan, first since Fukushima
PARIS (Reuters) - A shipment of highly radioactive nuclear fuel to Japan left the port of Cherbourg in northern France on Wednesday for the first time since the Fukushima...
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Europe rejects plan to increase carbon price
The European Parliament voted against tightening the supply of carbon-emissions allowances, which would have increased their price.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
EU capped carbon emissions fell 1.4 percent in 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Emissions from power plants and factories covered by the European Union's carbon market fell by 1.4 percent last year, preliminary like-for-like...
Saturday, March 16th, 2013
Nobel Prize winners urge Obama to back aviation carbon pricing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of leading economists, including eight Nobel Prize winners, has written to President Barack Obama urging him to support a carbon price on...
Monday, March 4th, 2013
Areva plans 1st nuclear fuel shipment to Japan since Fukushima
PARIS/TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - French energy group Areva said it was preparing to send nuclear fuel to Japan for the first time since the Fukushima disaster in March...
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
EU climate chief to huddle with White House, State officials
The European Union’s climate minister is heading to Washington, D.C., for meetings with senior Obama administration officials as the White House is vowing to confront...
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
EU warned on carbon trading system overhaul
The European energy commissioner raised doubts about changes proposed to restore the credibility of the bloc's flagship program to fight climate change.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Nations seen going separate ways on carbon as EU efforts falter
BRUSSELS/LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Europe's failure to raise carbon prices enough to spur green energy use means more nations are expected to follow the example of...
Monday, February 4th, 2013
EU to propose new cybersecurity rules
The European Union will propose new rules on Thursday for cybersecurity, requiring search engines, energy providers, banks and others to report disruptions to government...
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