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Want a competitive Europe? Embrace renewables
One day ahead of the European Heads of States and Governments’ discussions on the 2030 climate and energy framework proposals, the European renewable energy associations jointly call on EU leaders to fully grasp the long-term benefits of an ambitious nationally binding EU renewable energy target. The European economy is exposed to volatile fossil fuel prices and insecure fossil fuel ...
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Study on Biomass Combustion Emissions – Draft Consultation 11- 25 October 2016
The Irish BioEnergy Association with the assistance of SEAI is pleased to issue the document: Study on Biomass Conbustion Emissions – Draft Consultation, the report has been completed by Fehilly Timoney Consultants. Throughout the previous four years Irish businesses have been calling for the introduction of a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) to support the development of biomass heating in ...
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Industry statement on a 2030 EU climate and energy framework
Today (on November 13,2013), eight European companies call for a strong 2030 EU climate and energy framework based on mutually reinforcing tools and targets, including an ambitious and legally binding target for the share of renewable energy in the energy mix of more than 30%. Collectively, the group represents 176,000 jobs and over €250 billion annual turnover and is providing European ...
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Fossil fuels have to be reduced by 50% until 2035 to reach the global climate targets
The WBA board, during its meeting in Nairobi, discussed the results of the G7 summit on the future of renewable energy. The target towards a fossil free economy in this century gives an important signal to the renewable energy industry like bioenergy. Now a global road map is needed toward this target with clear milestones that correspond to the IPCC findings on climate mitigation. As president ...
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Energy targets could damage papermaking industry
Demanding renewable energy targets set by the previous Labour Government could mean that recyclable waste paper will be burned to produce energy, believes the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI). According to CPI head of regulatory affairs David Morgan, the Government would do all it could to meet its “very challenging targets”, which could mean they would allow the burning of waste paper ...
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EC adopts a major legislative package on climate and energy
On 23 January 2008 the European Commission put forward a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver on the European Union's ambitious commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy up to 2020 and beyond. In December 2008 the European Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the package that will help transform Europe into a low-carbon economy and increase its ...
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Australia gets early blast of more extreme heat
It’s the time of year when many Australians start to think about eating outdoors or heading for the beach after work. Early spring, and the temperatures are rising – particularly this year. The Australian Government’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says maximum temperatures in September across much of the country were higher than average, with central and south-western areas ...
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Climate change report card shows Australian government on target
A new report card shows the policies of the Rudd Government have helped put Australia on track to meet its targeted reductions in greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today released projections of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions to 2020, including an analysis of the impact of the Rudd Government’s new climate change ...
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Australia pledges AUS$2.3bn to tackle climate change
The Rudd Government has delivered AUS$2.3 billion in funding to tackle climate change through initiatives across government over the four years of this Budget. Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said the funding boost delivered on the Rudd Government’s election commitment to take real action on climate change. “Australians understand climate change is one of the biggest ...
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On the road to Paris, climate talks stuck in the slow lane
The latest round of climate talks in the German city of Bonn have ended with a failure to deliver common grounds for the negotiations at the UN climate summit in Paris at the end of this year. The Paris talks, involving all UN member states, are meant to deliver a draft that could lead to a new world climate treaty to replace the expired Kyoto Protocol. But experts now fear that there will not ...
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MPs tell Treasury to pump more money into green economic plans
The Treasury needs to do far more to ensure its green fiscal stimulus measures are sufficient to help transform the UK into a low carbon economy, MPs have argued. A new report by the Environmental Audit Committee called Pre-Budget report 2008: Green fiscal policy in a recessionargues that the Budget in 2009 should “contain a much bigger and more coherent package of green fiscal stimulus”. This ...
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Australian States Leave Feds Behind on Greenhouse Gas Trading
Untitled Document MELBOURNE, Australia, April 4, 2005 (ENS) - The states and territories of Australia have reached a joint agreement on greenhouse gas emissions trading to fight climate change. The federal government, under Prime Minister John Howard, has declined to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, so the states and territories have initiated their own emissions reduction scheme. ...
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2030 package must include transport rules if Europe is to meet its own climate targets
At tomorrow’s (March 5,2014) Energy Council meeting EU Energy Ministers must call for the introduc:on of a separate binding framework for debarbonisa:on and renewable energy use in transport as part of the 2030 climate and energy policy, says the European Renewable Ethanol Associa:on (ePURE). Failure to do so will leave Europe unable to meet it’s own climate objectives and further ...
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Keys to success at the Bonn climate talks
More progress on substantive issues is needed to keep the climate talks headed in the right direction. As negotiators prepare to gather in Bonn, Germany, for the latest round of UN climate talks, there’s a pressing need to put substance ahead of politics in moving toward greater international cooperation on climate change. As the clock ticks down towards the Conference of the Parties (COP ...
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Green energy divisions loom over EU summit
Intense debate on green energy goals continued on Tuesday in the run-up to the spring summit of EU leaders on Thursday and Friday. The most hotly debated issue remains whether governments will back binding national targets for the EU to achieve 20 per cent renewable energy by 2020, as proposed by the European commission in January. Foreign ministers failed to find a consensus in Brussels on ...
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Australia criticized over greenhouse-gas reduction target
Australia has been criticized over its new greenhouse-gas reduction target which lags behind the ambitions of most wealthy countries. Lawmakers in Prime Minister Tony Abbott's conservative government on Tuesday agreed on a target of curbing carbon gas emissions to at least 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The target could go as high as 28 percent, Abbott said. "This is fairly and squarely ...
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Separate collections for biodegradable waste recommended by EU
Countries in the European Union should make strong efforts to introduce separate collections for biodegradable waste in order to facilitate high quality recycling and anaerobic digestion (AD), according to a new communication from the European Commission. The communication on future steps in bio-waste management, published on May 18, looks at ways in which EU member states may further tap into ...
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Leading Anaerobic digestion firm calls for ban on food waste to landfill
Localised collection rules are hampering the plans to build 40 anaerobic digestion plants, warns Tamar Energy. The UK government has been called upon by the UK’s first large-scale anaerobic digestion developer, asking to ban food waste from landfill to help the UK meets its 2020 renewable energy targets. The government were called upon after they unveiled its second annual progress report ...
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Failures on climate targets show need for AD - ADBA
Reacting to the publication today [30 June] of the 3rd Review from the Committee on Climate Change, ADBA Chief Executive Charlotte Morton said: “Despite all the talk from Government, the Committee on Climate Change has shown that we’re moving no closer to meeting climate change targets – and last year we moved in the opposite direction. “The Government should now focus ...
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UAE will build on its first-mover advantage to become a leader of the low-carbon economy, says Masdar CEO
Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, has received a coveted award normally reserved for leaders of the oil & gas industry. Recognizing his personal legacy in advancing the clean energy transition while reflecting the increasing alignment between the conventional and renewable energy sectors in the fight against climate change, Al Ramahi collected the Gulf Intelligence ...
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