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EU lawmakers move to block green investment label for gas and nuclear
European Union lawmakers will attempt to block a plan to label gas and nuclear energy as sustainable investments as Europe wrestles with reducing its carbon dioxide emissions to address climate change.
read more... 23/05/2022
European Union to toughen emissions test for hybrid cars
The European Union plans to toughen its method for measuring carbon dioxide emissions from plug-in hybrid cars, two sources familiar with the matter said, after criticism that current tests yield results up to four times below real-world emissions.
read more... 07/02/2022
Brexit decision left UK firms paying 10% more than EU rivals for emissions
British businesses are paying substantially more to produce carbon dioxide than their EU rivals because of the government’s refusal to link the UK carbon market to the bigger European market after Brexit.
read more... 11/01/2022
Global emissions can decline 10% this decade if refineries clean up their act
Global cumulative emissions could be reduced by 10 per cent during 2020-2030, if refineries adopted low carbon measures, according to the global inventory of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions published recently in One Earth.
read more... 24/08/2021
EU slashes energy-related CO2 emissions by 10% in 2020
European carbon dioxide emissions from energy use dropped by 10% last year.
read more... 10/05/2021