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Environmental policies
Liquefied natural gas market braces for record expansion by 2030
Liquefied natural gas is set for record growth: between 2025 and 2030, nearly 290 bcm per year of new liquefaction capacity is expected, according to the IEA.
Editorial Team•10 June 2025

Policy and Affairs
Gaza war’s carbon footprint exceeds that…
The destruction and potential reconstruction of Gaza may have caused, and could…
Editorial Team•4 June 2025

Environmental policies
Hawaii raises visitor tax to fund…
Hawaii raises its visitor tax to 11% to protect nature and address…
Editorial Team•29 May 2025

Policy and Affairs
Coal industry buries phase down under 476 new GW worldwide
Of the approximately 1,000 companies on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List, 46% plan new coal-fired…
11 October 2022

Policy and Affairs
Repower Eu plan will not distort ETS
The finance ministers of the 27 decided not to touch the Market Stability Reserve to finance…
7 October 2022

Policy and Affairs
RWE says stop to coal 8 years in advance (but in the…
Agreement between the Federal Government, the North Rhine-Westphalia Government and the German energy giant. Meanwhile, extended…
6 October 2022

Policy and Affairs
Loss and damage: the EU holds back the hottest COP27 dossier
In the document with the common position of the European finance ministers, the EU limits itself…
5 October 2022

Policy and Affairs
Opec+: ready a cut of 1 million barrels for oil production
After years of gradual increases in production, there is a cut in oil production of at…
4 October 2022

Policy and Affairs
A global tax to finance the response to the climate crisis
A group of countries particularly exposed to the impact of climate change presents a range of…
30 September 2022

Policy and Affairs
Climate target COP26, promises have already evaporated after 1 year
At the climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh next November, only a few dozen countries will be…
29 September 2022

Policy and Affairs
China had to stop coal-fired power plants abroad. This year it built…
A year ago, President Xi Jinping promised from the UN stage to stop funding for coal-fired…
26 September 2022

Policy and Affairs
Goodbye HFC: even the US says enough to hydrofluorocarbons, powerful greenhouse gases
By 2036, the United States will avoid releasing the equivalent of 900 Mt of CO2 into…
23 September 2022

Policy and Affairs
Low emission cars: California, stop new diesel and petrol cars from 2035
The California Air Resources Board approved the first regulation for low emission cars, setting a roadmap…
22 September 2022

Policy and Affairs
COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh: Global investors call for more climate ambition
A group of global investors worth $39 trillion are making new demands on states ahead of…
21 September 2022

Policy and Affairs
Launched the 1st global fossil fuels registry
Counting the proven reserves, the remaining fossil sources would emit 3,500 Gt of CO2e into the…