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March 27, 2018 12:11 PM
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Small, coal-fired district heating systems are a major source of air pollution in Poland. Applying EU regulations would go some way towards solving this problem, write Edith Bayer and Richard Cowart of global energy policy advisors Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), but more needs to be done. Bayer and Cowart draw four lessons from a new study that looked at practical ways to modernize two small district heating systems in Poland.
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March 27, 2018 10:42 AM
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The number of coal-fired power plants built worldwide fell steeply over the past two years, but emissions are too high to keep global warming within relatively safe levels, campaigners said on Thursday (22 March).
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March 26, 2018 11:48 AM
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Mining for lignite - or brown coal - in Greece is a huge industry. But for residents of villages in the extraction areas of West Macedonia, it has many impacts, from displacement to health problems
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March 13, 2018 11:54 AM
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The environmental organisation Urgewald has recorded more than 770 coal companies in an extensive database. “Adherence to the Paris climate target of 1.5 degrees global warming is only possible if banks and investors quickly and completely abandon coal investments," explains Heffa Schücking, Managing Director of Urgewald. The so-called Global Coal Exit List provides key figures and activities of companies ranging from coal exploration and extraction, to coal trading and transport, through to coal-fired power generation and the construction of coal-fired power plants. The aim of the database is to create transparency. It enables banks, other investors and municipalities to find out which companies earn their money with coal.
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March 13, 2018 5:54 AM
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In a globally connected economy, the impact of transitioning to blockchain technology will be profound and will likely turn any industry on its head, writes Meredith Taylor of Oilprice.com. Companies in the oil and gas industry, such as Shell, BP or Petroteq, are planning to utilize blockchain to transform energy trade and revolutionize supply chain management. Courtesy Oilprice.com.
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March 12, 2018 11:43 AM
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How can the EU budget become a driver of the ecological transition, both within Europe and with its partner countries as part of its cooperation policy? How can it become a driver of investment to put Europe on track to the international commitments it has made: on the climate in Paris in 2015, under the United Nations 2030 Agenda, or on biodiversity, at the Aichi conference in 2010 and at the Beijing COP15 in 2020?
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February 19, 2018 7:09 AM
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Libby Bernick wrote recently on the Greenbiz website about the role artificial intelligence and big data play a role in the evolving view of carbon as an asset rather than a threat. As the world moves toward a low-carbon economy, a fourth industrial revolution is taking place where…
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February 15, 2018 5:32 AM
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The successful five year campaign to divest Edinburgh University from fossil fuels should give heart to people everywhere who are campaigning for climate justice in their communities.
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February 13, 2018 11:02 AM
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This ERDF-funded project will attempt to transform the ruins of an old coal mining site by reusing the original building materials to construct a new administrative centre for the region.
The aim of the project is to make use of the resources left in the ruins and old buildings of a coal mine in Hainaut, Belgium to feed into the construction of a new administrative block on the same site. Materials will either be reused in their original function or in other ways so as to give them a new lease of life rather than waste them.
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February 7, 2018 11:33 AM
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NGO network CEE Bankwatch claimed in a recent study that no climate impact assessment has been carried out on the Gas Corridor by any of its investors and warned that the project could be as climate-damaging as coal power, due to methane-leakage and carbon emissions. Friends of the Earth Europe’s Colin Roche warned that the EIB was “shamelessly locking Europe into decades of fossil fuel dependency even as the window for fossil fuel use is slamming shut.”
GUE/NGL MEP Xabier Benito tweeted that the decision is “bad news for the climate” and pledged to use the ongoing Strasbourg plenary session to address the EIB’s president and urge the institution not to invest any more money in fossil fuels.
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February 6, 2018 5:34 AM
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The Scottish Government has this week committed £60 million in funding to its Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme, which seeks to fund large-scale low-carbon projects that support the country's Energy Strategy.
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January 30, 2018 11:06 AM
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We are definitely in the midst of the low carbon energy transition. Every week we are reading about significant developments in all sectors – buildings, industry, transport and transformation. There are welcome activities in reducing energy demand and in decarbonising energy supply.
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January 26, 2018 9:37 AM
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Firm follows other big UK and European insurers by excluding coal companies from 1 April
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March 27, 2018 11:09 AM
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EU leaders have urged the European Commission to come forward with a 2050 climate strategy “by the first quarter of 2019”, ending speculation over the timing of the proposal.
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March 27, 2018 10:33 AM
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A phase out of government subsidies for coal power, supported by the European Parliament under a proposed revision of EU electricity market rules, was rejected by the Polish power sector as a reflection of “double standards” in Europe because it leaves German coal plants largely off the hook.
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March 22, 2018 5:29 AM
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European Energy Innovation - spring 2018 publication
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March 13, 2018 10:05 AM
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Cities are vital to the transition to a low-carbon economy. President Trump's commitment to pull out of the Paris Agreement signaled what appeared to be the worst of times for a transition to a low-carbon future in the United States. But actions being taken by a significant number of cities could instead make it the best of times for renewable energy in America.Cities both in the U.S. and around the world are increasingly setting low-carbon goals and implementing local policies that recognize sustainability investment as essential to new markets, jobs and creating attractive places to live, work and do business.
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March 12, 2018 12:04 PM
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Reflecting on the next EU budget post-Brexit, Eliot Whittington explains why now is the time for the EU to show leadership and unity to drive climate action and make a net-zero carbon economy the new normal.
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March 12, 2018 11:42 AM
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Comment faire du budget européen l’un des leviers de la transition écologique, en Europe, et avec ses pays partenaires dans le cadre de sa politique de coopération ? Comment en faire un levier d’investissement pour mettre l’Europe sur la voie des engagements internationaux qu’elle a pris : sur le climat à Paris, dans le cadre de l’Agenda 2030 des Nations unies ou, sur la biodiversité, en 2010 lors de la conférence d’Aichi et en 2020 lors de celle de Pékin ?
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February 15, 2018 6:18 AM
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A commission will decide the timeline for phasing out coal, under a coalition deal agreed between the social democrats and Angela Merkel's conservatives
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February 15, 2018 5:29 AM
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Friends of the Earth Scotland has launched a new website for the campaign to divest Scotland from fossil fuels.
The website includes new data on councils’ investments as well as advice on financial and legal issues surrounding the campaign. Elsewhere on the site you can find out about divestment of faith groups, universities and other investors.
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February 7, 2018 11:42 AM
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Governments are urgently seeking ways to foster sustainable economic growth and deliver on their commitments to the Paris climate agreement. The financial system and financial players have a key role to play in mobilising the capital to achieve these goals. Circa €180 billion a year will be required for Europe to invest in renovating and building energy efficient buildings, for renewable energy to achieve a low-carbon economy. Mobilising private capital is the only way to rapidly scale up these investments and achieve the twin goals of sustainable growth while mitigating climate change.
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February 7, 2018 11:17 AM
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A European Commission decision on Wednesday (7 February) to approve state aid for emergency power plants – often gas or coal-fired – has been accused of complicating ongoing negotiations in the European Parliament.
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February 5, 2018 3:43 AM
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As renewable energy costs continue their relentless decline, they keep pushing fossil fuels further from profitability, writes Silvio Marcacci of Energy Innovaton. And neither trend is slowing down.
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January 29, 2018 8:48 AM
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The governance of the low-carbon transition would constitute a litmus test to EU’s international credibility and evolving energy policy-making and enforceability framework, writes Yana Popkostova.
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