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Environmental policies

Rinnovabili • US tariffs: Meloni meets Trump at the White House to defend EU interests
Policy and Affairs
Meloni at the White House: high-stakes meeting with Trump on EU tariffs

Meloni visits Trump at the White House to address US tariffs on EU goods. Italy seeks zero duties and stronger transatlantic relations

Rinnovabili • EU strategy aims to steer energy-intensive industry through transition
Environmental policies
EU strategy aims to steer energy-intensive…

The EU backs a plan to support energy-intensive industry with reforms to…

Rinnovabili • EU hydrogen targets at risk: cost, dependency, and delays raise doubts
Environmental policies
EU hydrogen targets at risk: cost,…

EU hydrogen targets face major challenges in cost, dependency, and project delays,…


Rinnovabili • Alaska drills
Pollution
Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop

The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects…

Rinnovabili • Interior heating
Policy and Affairs
Interior heating, new standards on consumption and repairability of appliances

The European Commission has adopted a Regulation laying down ecodesign specifications for the placing on the…

Rinnovabili • Dubai flood
Policy and Affairs
Climate crisis, not cloud seeding, behind Dubai flood

For days, a narrative has been growing according to which the record rains that flooded Dubai…

Rinnovabili • European Solar Charter
Policy and Affairs
Born the European Solar Charter to support the photovoltaic made in EU

The act, drawn up by the European Commission, was signed on 15 April 2024 in Brussels…

Rinnovabili • Plastic Overshoot Day
Policy and Affairs
Next 5 September falls on Plastic Overshoot Day 2024

The calculation of the Plastic overshoot day is the day when the world production of plastic…

Rinnovabili • CO2 removal certification
Policy and Affairs
200 NGOs call on EU to cancel CO2 removal certification scheme

The appeal to the European Parliament of the Real Zero Europe campaign: on 10 April vote…

Rinnovabili • greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
Policy and Affairs
Record CO2, CH4 and NOx in 2023: never so high the concentration…

There is no sign that efforts to contain emissions are slowing the accumulation of greenhouse gases…

Rinnovabili • Photovoltaic roofs
Policy and Affairs
Photovoltaic roofs in Europe, which country is more committed?

CAN Europe and eco-union publish an update of the Rooftop Solar PV Comparison launched in 2022

Rinnovabili • global warming
Policy and Affairs
IPCC is wrong about global warming because it doesn’t understand aerosols

In a white paper, climate scientist James Hansen argues that the climate data of the last…

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Policy and Affairs
Ammonia to “clean up” coal-fired power plant: the first test in Japan

Jera started on 1 April co-combustion of a coal mix and 20% ammonia at Unit 4…

Rinnovabili • Methane emissions
Policy and Affairs
Methane emission limits: stricter rules in the US

Flaring and venting emissions in the United States have quadrupled in 30 years. In 2021, oil…

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Policy and Affairs
Europe can achieve zero emissions in 2040 without nuclear

An Environmental European Bureau report explains, data in hand, that renewable growth, reduced energy demand and…