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Environmental policies
Policy and Affairs
G7 Summit in Canada, the wildfire charter omits global warming
While world leaders were gathered in the scenic mountains of Kananaskis, an estimated 225 wildfires were burning across Canada, 120 of which were classified as out of…
Editorial Team•20 June 2025
Policy and Affairs
EU unveils plan to end Russian…
The EU begins the phase-out of Russian gas with a full import…
Editorial Team•19 June 2025
Policy and Affairs
Israel attacks Iran, Hormuz Strait shutdown…
Israel attacks Iran, sparking fears of oil supply cuts through the Hormuz…
Editorial Team•16 June 2025
Policy and Affairs
Update of the Energy Performance Buildings Directive: EESC green light
Greenlight on EU Energy Performance Buildings Directive to combat energy poverty, decarbonize by 2025 and ensure…
22 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
Oil sanctions on Russia, Opec leaves the match in the hands of…
OPEC says it will not increase crude oil production to fill the gap left by Russian…
20 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
Food emergency, “war” agriculture rips apart the new CAP
Today the Commission is publishing the EU response to the food emergency on the horizon due…
14 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
Industrial Emissions: Brussels amends directive but displeases environmentalists
The European Commission has presented a proposal for a revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).…
13 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
Ukraine, Brussels to raise EU targets on renewables
Timmermans announces: in May, the EU executive will present in detail the measures of the EU…
12 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
Climate misinformation: facebook still feeds the fakenews
An experiment by Global Witness reveals all the flaws of the social network algorithm. Zuckerberg promised…
11 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
Innovation Fund: EUR 1.1 billion for climate-saving projects
The European Commission has signed seven grant agreements with as many large-scale technology projects: from the…
7 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
World energy transition outlook 2022, the four priorities according to Irena
For the International Renewable Energy company, on a global level we are not respecting the transition…
5 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
Green communities: where will they be born and what are they?
The Italian regions Piedmont, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo will host the first three pilot projects of…
4 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
A new method to calculate global warming rewrites records
The researchers of the CICERO institute have developed a way of evaluating global warming that is…
1 April 2022
Policy and Affairs
The Iberian exception: cap on electricity prices for Spain and Portugal
The European Council and the Commission are granting the two countries special treatment because of the…
30 March 2022
Policy and Affairs
Germany’s plan to cut energy dependence on Russia
Today Berlin imports from Moscow 55% of fossil gas, 52% of anthracite and 34% of oil.…
27 March 2022
Environmental policies
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