EU energy giants propose carbon price floor
Industry
A total of 16 European energy providers, including France’s EDF, German firm Eon and Ørsted in Denmark, have proposed a
All posts in Paris climate agreement
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Three Seas Initiative meets ahead of COP24
Policy
The Three Seas Initiative – covering the Baltic, Black and Adriatic seas – have met in Warsaw this week to
Equinor ready to pay to save forests
Environment
Equinor says it will fight against deforestation to address climate change but the move has been dismissed as window dressing
Dublin called to back offshore wind
Environment
Irish offshore wind energy has the potential to create up to 20,000 jobs during the next two decades if it
Poland eyes wind to meet 2020 targets
Policy
Poland has relaxed 2016 restrictions on onshore wind energy ahead of the Cop24 climate conference on December 2-14 in the
Spain agrees deal to close coal mines
Policy
Spain is due to close most of its coal mines by the end of 2018 after the Socialist-led coalition government
Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil would be a disaster for the Amazon and global climate change
Opinion
Photo: Antonio Scorza / Shutterstock Ed Atkins, University of Bristol It is perhaps a cruel irony that, on the same
What the 2018 midterm elections will mean for U.S. climate policy
Opinion
On 6 November 2018, Americans will go to the polls to render their judgment on the performance of the Trump
UN climate report demands action
Policy
Governments must make “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” to avoid disastrous levels of global warming,
Activists celebrate Hambach reprieve
Environment
A demonstration of around 50,000 environmentalists (pictured) has been held to celebrate the reprieve of what is left of western
Germany unveils world’s first hydrogen train
Storage
A pollution-free, hydrogen-powered train (pictured) has begun operation between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude in northern Germany. The hydrogen
Coal use rises amid gas price hike
Transmission
High gas prices across Europe have triggered a resurgence in electricity generation from coal as it becomes the cheaper option,
Scholars blast EU climate directive
Policy
Climate scientists say that the world’s carbon sinks could be threatened by the EU Renewable Energy Directive’s inclusion of energy
Chinese panels to boost Irish solar sector
Environment
The decision by the European Union to scrap restrictions on Chinese solar imports will stimulate Ireland’s renewable sector, according to
Cañete faces opposition to higher target
Environment
The European Commission is facing opposition to setting more ambitious European emissions reduction targets for 2030, amid arguments that member