Global Electricity Review 2025
<p>In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking
European Union (EU)
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Road to Buenos Aires
The US strategy, calling for joint action by industrialised nations in the Pacific Rim to reduce carbon emissions, comes under fire from the European Union
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A Triptych sectoral approach to burden differentiation; GHG emissions in the European bubble
As Parties to the Climate Convention EU Member States have opted for a joint fulfilment of post-2000 greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations. No agreement could be reached on a joint EU target before
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Cause for concern
BABIES born to mothers who live near hazardous waste landfill sites have a higher risk of serious birth defects, warns a European report. Women living within three-kilometre of a hazardous landfill
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Toying with danger?
No Europe wide ban on potentially dangerous chemicals used in plastic toys
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Breaking the logjam
The director general of the WTO promises dialogue with environmental groups
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A question of labelling
The European Commission decides on the labelling of genetically modified food
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Warming the skies
Environmentalists in Europe are campaigning for a tax on aviation fuels to reduce aircraft emissions
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Debarred
The European Court of Justice has closed the door for individuals and public interest groups to defend environmental interests threatened or harmed by European Union (EU) institutions, such as the
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Heat and Gas
The proposed construction of two gas fuelled power plants has become a hotly debated issue in Norway
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How now virtual cow?
they may seem an illusion but their value is real enough. "Virtual cows' are heading Europe's farms. Diary farmers are confused