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French lawmakers reinstate nuclear reduction goal, decisive vote in July
The lower house of parliament in France ratified a version of the nation's energy transition law on Tuesday that reinstates main nuclear reduction targets diluted in March by the upper house Senate controlled by the Opposition.
read more... 27/05/2015
French lawmakers worried about increasing nuclear costs
The increasing cost of France's nuclear energy is a concern and the government should establish independent professional institutions to aid it foresee long-term investments in the energy sector, as stated by a parliamentary committee in a report published on Tuesday.
read more... 11/06/2014
UK: 100 billion pounds more investment needed so as to meet 2020 carbon targets
Around 8 to 10 billion pounds are being annually spent for low-carbon energy in Great Britain, or a total of maximum 100 billion pounds over a 10-year period, which is less than half of the level estimated to be invested for attaining 2020 carbon targets, as stated by lawmakers on Thursday.
read more... 07/03/2014
EU carbon market suffers a major blow amid CO2 plan rejection
European lawmakers rejected on 16 April the European Commission’s draft plan to increase companies’ costs of emitting greenhouse gases, a plan aimed to boost the carbon emission rights trading mechanism.
read more... 17/04/2013
Cantabria to be the first region in Spain to ban hydraulic fracturing
Lawmakers in Spain’s northern Cantabria region, rich in shale gas, are expected to draft the first regional ban on producing natural gas using hydraulic fracturing following environmental groups concerns that the technique will pollute drinking water.
read more... 09/04/2013