Policy and Affairs

Environmental policies
Tariffs: EU seeks deal with Trump as U.S. letter sets deadline
The EU aims to avoid tariffs with a Trump deal, as tensions with China rise and new U.S. tariffs on pharmaceuticals loom
Editorial Team•9 July 2025

Environmental policies
U.S. tariffs, tense hours for Europe…
U.S. tariffs raise concern in Europe as the August 1 deadline nears,…
Editorial Team•8 July 2025

Policy and Affairs
EPA suspends 139 employees over letter…
The letter, addressed to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, contains harsh criticism of…
Editorial Team•7 July 2025

Policy and Affairs
Floating wind, in Europe active 176 MW but runs to 4 GW
While the pipeline grows the field is prepared to the new challenges: to invest in harbour…
19 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
The EastMed pipeline will not, in its place a virtual pipeline with…
The Cypriot Minister for Energy is splitting the original idea of an underwater pipeline from Israel…
17 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
SHJ solar cells: 26.81% efficiency and ready for production
Silicon heterojunction solar cells increase performance by 1.5% by improving the "gap contact layer". Almost immediately…
16 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
Biden guillotine emissions from coal and gas plants
The EPA has approved the new emission limits for fossil installations. A very substantial cut: 617…
12 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
For 3 months British wind power beat the gas
From January to March 2023, UK renewables provided 42% of electricity used in the country
12 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
Strasbourg yes to EU on methane regulation: clampdown on imported gas
The European Parliament approves the measure that will oblige EU countries from 2025 to set 2030…
11 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
Methane emissions, Turkmenistan’s bad record
According to Kayrros data, the western and eastern gas basins had methane leaks of at least…
9 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
Germany’s photovoltaic strategy targets 215 GW solar to 2030
New simplifications for the systems to hold giving priority to the configurations agrivoltaiche, but also facilitations…
9 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
Farewell to gas boilers by 2029: for NGOs and environmentalists is still…
European environmentalists and NGOs argue that if we anticipate the stop of gas boilers to 2025,…
5 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
EU: how to install at least 40 million new heat pumps by…
The European Commission is gathering the views of citizens and businesses on obstacles to the deployment…
4 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
Geneva begins COP on waste, chemicals and pesticides
The summit of three UN Conventions - Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm - to reduce the impact…
3 May 2023

Policy and Affairs
So coal subsidies burn Asia’s development
Carbon price and cutting subsidies to the most polluting fossil source, which in Asia still has…