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EU to Bet Big on Carbon Removals to Meet Net-Zero Goal
The European Union must raise significantly emissions capture and removals to meet its target to become a carbon-neutral bloc by 2050, the European Commission said in a draft document seen by Bloomberg News.
read more... 15/01/2024
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Sweden Doubles Down on Nuclear Energy with Parliamentary Approval
The Parliament of Sweden has approved a new energy bill paving the way for the construction of additional nuclear reactors beyond the 10 originally approved to boost energy security and reduce carbon emissions, Reuters reports. Sweden’s current fleet of six nuclear reactors is all that remains from 12 reactors after a 1980 referendum committed to exiting nuclear energy entirely.
read more... 30/11/2023
EU agrees law to hit fossil fuel imports with methane emissions limit
The European Union reached a deal on Wednesday on a law to place methane emissions limits on Europe's oil and gas imports from 2030, pressuring international suppliers to clamp down on leaks of the potent greenhouse gas.
read more... 15/11/2023
EU executive proposes methane emissions limit on gas imports
The European Commission has proposed imposing methane emissions limits on EU gas imports from 2030, a move that would pressure the bloc's international fossil fuel suppliers including the U.S. to cut leaks of the potent planet-warming gas.
read more... 26/10/2023
Global electricity sector nearing ‘peak emissions’
Anew report suggests that we may soon reach the peak of global emissions from the electricity sector. Research into 78 countries by think tank Ember has shown that in the first half of 2023, CO₂ emissions from the global power industry grew by a mere 0.2%, with wind and solar capacity hitting record levels.
read more... 09/10/2023