ENERGY DAILY

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Denmark readies increased carbon tax to promote energy transition
Jun 22, 2020 (AFP)
The details of the proposed tax reform and the implementation of the deal, described as ensuring "a completely green energy sector", will be negotiated after th...
Climate change crisis requires less growth-oriented global economy
Jun 19, 2020 (UPI)
Hundreds of studies have highlighted the challenges facing the planet's climate, biodiversity and food systems -- global warming, pollution, habitat loss -- but...
Low-carbon ships not enough to erase shipping industry's carbon footprint
Jun 12, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study, the industry doesn't have time to wait for the next generation of low-carbon ships to come online. To keep global temperature rise bel...
Euro top currency for 'green' bonds: ECB
Jun 09, 2020 (AFP)
"EU residents are the largest issuers of green bonds. In 2019 more than half of global issuance was concentrated in the EU and almost half of global green bond ...
UK electricity plant nears full switch away from coal
May 31, 2020 (AFP)
Situated in Yorkshire, northern England, the Drax Group power plant will complete its switch next year after embarking on a journey almost a decade ago to use o...
World needs 'green recovery', health pros tell G20 leaders
May 25, 2020 (AFP)
The twenty nations accounting for 90 percent of global GDP should prioritise investment in public health, clean air, clean water and a stable climate in order t...
Global CO2 emissions to drop 4-7% in 2020, but will it matter
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
In early April, coronavirus lockdowns led to a 17 percent reduction worldwide in carbon pollution compared to the same period last year, according to the first ...
New map highlights China's export-driven CO2 emissions
May 07, 2020 (UPI)
China also produces a lot of CO2. The nation of nearly 1.4 billion people is world's leader in greenhouse gas emissions. In a new study, researchers at the Univ...
COVID-19 to cause record emissions fall in 2020: IEA
Apr 30, 2020 (AFP)
The IEA's Global Energy Review was based on an analysis of electricity demand over more than 100 days, during which much of the world has entered lockdown in a ...
Europe's banks not doing enough on climate: pressure group
Apr 25, 2020 (AFP)
UK-based ShareAction revealed its conclusion after assessing the largest lenders, which have combined assets of more than 20 trillion euros ($21.6 trillion). "E...
DLR rethinks carbon pricing process
Apr 17, 2020 (SPX)
This could be done either physically or virtually, using a cryptocurrency. In contrast to mechanisms such as carbon dioxide taxes or agreements on emissions tra...
Brussels tries to inoculate EU Green Deal against virus
Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)
For some governments, EU efforts to speed the continent's transition to clean energy and mass recycling are an irrelevance, with the epidemic plunging their eco...
Uncertain climate future could disrupt energy systems
Apr 06, 2020 (SPX)
Now an international team of scientists has published a new study proposing an optimization methodology for designing climate-resilient energy systems and to he...
Major new study charts course to net zero industrial emissions
Apr 06, 2020 (SPX)
This paper was the result of a collaboration among almost two dozen leading technical experts, led by Jeffrey Rissman of Energy Innovation and coauthored by Dal...
Smaller scale solutions needed for rapid progress towards emissions targets
Apr 03, 2020 (SPX)
Innovations ranging from solar panels to electric bikes also have lower investment risks, greater potential for improvement in both cost and performance, and mo...
Brussels not dropping Green Deal despite virus
Mar 17, 2020 (AFP)
The "European Green Deal" is the flagship climate and economic policy of commission chief Ursula von der Leyen's mandate, but it has already run into fire from ...
Czech PM urges EU to shelve Green Deal amid virus
Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)
"Europe should forget about the Green Deal now and focus on the coronavirus instead," Prime Minister Andrej Babis told reporters, without explaining how the two...
The impact of energy development on bird populations
Mar 10, 2020 (SPX)
The study's authors note that the full extent of such impacts on reproduction are not always realized because most female sage-grouse choose to nest and raise c...
Brexit and Its Impact on Green Energy Projects
Mar 09, 2020 (SPX)
The United Kingdom is currently the leader in wind power, although this might not last. Much of the UK moving away from fossil fuels comes from cooperation with...
Daimler targets 20% cut in European CO2 output for 2020
Mar 03, 2020 (AFP)
"This is a very big year for us and a year where we are taking electrification to the next level," chief executive Ola Kallenius said in a telephone conference....
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