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Environmental policies

Environmental policies
Trump-Xi summit: China’s rare earth export restrictions remain suspended, for now
Washington and Beijing have extended their trade truce through January 2027, preserving current tariff terms and keeping tighter restrictions on Chinese rare earth exports on hold. But…
Erminia Voccia•25 September 2026

Environmental policies
Brazil ties data center tax incentives…
Brazil is linking tax breaks for data centers to strict renewable energy,…
Stefania Del Bianco•10 September 2026

Environmental policies
What a China-Taiwan crisis would mean…
A disruption in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry would reach far beyond the technology…
Erminia Voccia•17 August 2026

Policy and Affairs
EU Commission at work on electricity market reform and emergency measures
This is revealed by President Ursula von der Leyen announcing: "we must prepare for a potential…
31 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
Canadian green hydrogen for Germany: the 2 countries sign the Alliance
Habeck: "We want to build specifically a transatlantic supply chain for green hydrogen"
25 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
Inflation Reduction Act, US climate law comes in
he provision would have to donate at least 369 billion dollars to the field of the…
24 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
Improving the urban climate for better living: the 20 best projects in…
C40 Cities and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the names of the 20 cities finalists for the award…
22 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
The European photovoltaic 2022: +39 GW for a saving of 4.6 billion…
Solarpower Europe presents the new estimates for the EU solar market, revising the previous projections upwards.…
19 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
Large companies, cut the carbon intensity by 10% per year or we…
In the latest update of the Net Zero Tracker, the US financial services provider confirms the…
17 August 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Biomethane in Europe, could supply 41billion m3 of gas to 2030
Gas for Climate updates its forecasts on the potential contribution of biomethane to the 2030 energy…
15 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
Opec+ ignores Biden: Production of crude oil rises by only 100,000 barrels
For the alliance of oil exporting countries extended to Russia, the problem is limited spare capacity.…
13 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
Gas storage: Europe goes better than expected, will meet the target for…
Gas storage capacity on European soil is 70.89% filled, in line with the average of the…
12 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
New renewable plants in Italy: 9GW requests but lack materials
Among simplification and expensive energy increases investments in Italian green energy but now the problem are…
9 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
Taiwan crisis: China suspends climate dialogue with US
The stop to climate cooperation in the package of measures that Beijing has taken in retaliation…
9 August 2022

Policy and Affairs
Will the war in Ukraine derail Europe’s energy transition?
With the right amount of political ambition and investment, Europe can embark on an accelerated, less…

