Policy and Affairs
Policy and Affairs
Is the EU weakening methane rules to favor gas from the US?
To boost US LNG imports and ease trade talks with Washington, the European Commission is reportedly considering a more flexible approach to its new methane emissions regulation
Editorial Team•23 April 2025
Policy and Affairs
Meloni at the White House: high-stakes…
Meloni visits Trump at the White House to address US tariffs on…
Editorial Team•18 April 2025
Environmental policies
EU strategy aims to steer energy-intensive…
The EU backs a plan to support energy-intensive industry with reforms to…
Editorial Team•7 April 2025
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
At COP15 on biodiversity, rich countries negotiate without portfolio
In Geneva there is still a huge gap between the amount of money needed to protect…
28 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
Policy and Affairs
EU, joint gas purchases and crisis storage obligations
The Commission has analysed a series of proposals to address the rise in gas prices in…
24 March 2022
Policy and Affairs
Can Europe manage if Russian oil and coal are cut off?
If well managed, the stop to Russian oil and coal will cause only temporary problems for…
22 March 2022
Policy and Affairs
World biodiversity: why is our future at stake in Geneva?
Discussions on the post-2020 framework for global biodiversity resumed at the UN European headquarters. Objective: to…
21 March 2022
Policy and Affairs
Reinsurance market, world’s second biggest reinsurer says no more oil and gas
Swiss Re announces its new reinsurance policy: From this year, no more insurance policies for companies…
19 March 2022
Environmental policies
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