EU Parliament Environment Committee approves report on CCS
The EU Parliament Environmental Committee approved its report on the proposed Directive on Carbon Capture and Storage referring to the need to include all three CCS…
EU Parliament Environment Committee approves ETS.
A higly anticipated vote on the major EU Energy and Climate dossiers took place in the EP Environment Committee on October 7. The Committee approved the…
EU Barometer points to change EU consumers behavior with regards to energy
The EU poll showed that after poverty, climate change is seen as the most serious problem Europe faces. The survey also found that 61% of people…
EU Parliament Industry Committee adopts Renewables Report
The EU Parliament Industry committee backed a report by MEP Claude Turmes that calls for a 5% share of renewables in transport fuel by 2015 and…
EU Parliament Industry Committee adopts ETS Report
The EP Industry Committee adopted the report of MEP Lena Ek on the Emission Trading System (ETS). In the event that international climate talks later in…
Regions Partnership HyER (formerly HyRaMP) will hold AGM on October 15, 2008
The European Regions and Municipalities Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells will hold its first General Assembly on October 15, 2008 during the launch event of…
Greenpeace presents Action Plan for large scale off shore wind.
An interconnected offshore grid of North Sea wind farms with an output of 68,400 megawatts could serve up to 70 million households by 2030. Constructing such a…
College of Europe Economic Policy signals EU policy failure to create strong push for hydrogen
The Belgian institute's briefing 19 "The Policy Framework for the Promotion of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in Europe: a Critical Assessment* highlights the failure of EU…
EU Parliament’s Industry and Energy Committee grants facilitated CO2 emission reduction for car makers.
MEP's voted to change Commission proposals requiring manufacturers to cut their vehicles' average CO2 emissions from current levels of around 160g/km to 120g/km by 2012. Instead, it proposed…
NGO Study shows car emission reduction only 1,7% in 2007
Car manufacturers only reduced their CO2 emissions by 1.7% over the past year, compared to the average 17% cut they will have to achieve within the next…