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Norway: The oil fund of $880 billion could exclude major polluters
The ethics regulator for Norway's $880-billion wealth fund will concentrate this year on finding companies with huge emissions of greenhouse gases and will suggest excluding them from the fund's investments, as it stated.
read more... 12/01/2017
EU parliament postpone the vote on ETS reform until December 15
The European lawmakers postponed the vote on the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) reform until December 15.
read more... 06/12/2016
Uniper wants to extend the operational life of its Ratcliffe coal plant in UK beyond 2025
German utility Uniper wants to run its Ratcliffe coal plant in UK beyond 2025, even if the British government envisages shutting all coal plants without technology to capture carbon emissions by 2025.
read more... 30/11/2016
Finland has announced it will completely phase out coal by 2030
Finland has announced plans to phase out coal by 2030 in an attempt to considerably reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
read more... 28/11/2016
Britain plans to reduce pollution by small-scale electricity plants
Britain seeks to reduce health damaging air pollution with emissions standards for small-scale power plants employed to produce reserve electricity at short notice and to stop the increasing use of diesel generators.
read more... 18/11/2016