EU environment ministers have seconded the generally positive reaction to the Commission’s climate and energy package given last week by energy ministers. Flexibility is needed for reducing CO2 emissions, however, to prevent key EU industries from moving operations elsewhere, they said.
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The Commission, on 23 January, proposed a package of climate and energy proposals designed to bring the EU’s emissions of greenhouse gases [...]
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A Commission proposal to limit emissions from cars sold in the EU is pitting countries home to the production of larger, luxury models against those which traditionally specialise in smaller, less-polluting ones.
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The Commission, last February, proposed binding legislation that would compel vehicle manufacturers to cut average emissions from new cars from current levels of around 160 [...]
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Posted in Energy, Europe, Policy on 2008-03-05 | No Comments »
A lingering spat over Ukraine’s unsettled gas debt to Russia threatened to hit Europe yesterday as Gazprom carried out its warning to cut supplies to Ukraine by a further 25%.
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