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EDF Energy the last to announce energy prices increases by 3.9%
EDF Energy has become the latest energy company to increase prices for its British customers, unveiling an average price increase of 3.9% on its dual tariff, warning that further increases may occur unless the government does not curb fees for social and environmental work.
read more... 15/11/2013
Poland: coal demand could be reduced by 50% by 2030
Poland is one of the fastest-growing economies in the European Union and the power that drives it comes from the dirtiest of fossil fuels- coal. But, according to a new study made by researchers in Germany and Poland, renewable energy groups and environmental group Greenpeace, Poland could reduce by almost 50% its demand for coal by 2030 shifting to wind, solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal energies.
read more... 28/10/2013
France confirms its ban on fracking
France’s highest court has confirmed the government ban on hydraulic fracturing on fears the process may cause long-term environmental damage.
read more... 14/10/2013
EEA: European Union buoyant about 2020 targets
The European Union is on the track to achieve the 20 percent target set for 2020, according to a report released by the European Environment Agency (EEA), a scientific body set up to inform EU policymakers, published on Wednesday (9 October).
read more... 11/10/2013
EPA sets emission limits on new power plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency has recently proposed to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants. Power plants are the largest concentrated source of emissions in the US, together accounting for roughly one-third of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions.
read more... 25/09/2013