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Commission report to support higher carbon emission reduction targets for 2020. A report to be issued by the European Commission in the coming weeks will bolster the case of...

Lower fuel costs will mean a spending cut in the long run European households will have to spend more on energy and energy-related products in order to meet an EU goal of...

Economic and environmental recovery must go hand in hand – and we need to act now, writes a leading European businessman. Given the fragility of the economic recovery and...

Having a successful emissions trading scheme is a difficult balancing act. The emissions trading scheme (ETS) is at the heart of the EU's efforts to cut greenhouse-gas...

Mobility needs must be balanced with efficiency gains. The transport sector, which accounts for 32% of all final energy consumption in the EU, is seen as having the second...

The head of the European Chemical Industry Council sets out the case for the EU to stick to its current emissions-reduction plan. Europe set itself the bold target of...

A new report by the UN climate-change panel takes a clear stand in favour of a renewable-energy revolution. Renewable energy triggers sharply polarised views. For some, it...

Šemeta to outline plans for carbon and fuel taxes, while businesses are concerned about impact on trade. The European Commission will renew its bid for EU-wide carbon taxes...

In its latest proposal for reform of the EU's transport sector, the European Commission is again championing trains and boats. We weigh up the possibilities of success this...

'Roadmap' says EU should cut greenhouse-gas emissions by up to 44% by 2030. The debate over Europe's climate-change targets re-ignited today when the European Commission...

There are plenty of advocates of a low-carbon future, but much less agreement over how to make it happen. The European political project was forged on the heroic, polluting...

The numbers are impressive. In his first ‘state of the Union' address last September, José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, said he wanted...

More so-called green-collar jobs have been created in recent years, but is a ‘green job' new and how green are these new jobs? No self-respecting political leader should...

The mobilisation of national-level low-carbon projects and policies is extraordinary. The last two years have been a rollercoaster ride in respect to securing a new global...

The world is today on the path to yesterday's worst-case scenario. We now need to prepare for vast changes. Far from being another unsuccessful meeting on climate change, as...

A new and realistic approach to climate talks is required. It is fair to say that, because of the lack of progress made at Copenhagen last year and a continuing lack of US...

Green groups and energy firms have plenty of ideas on a low-carbon future, but the European Commission has yet to unveil its plans. A favourite pastime in Brussels these...

Andrés Jonathan Drew finds lessons from the EU's emissions trading scheme – and from Voltaire – for US legislators. Voltaire famously stated that “the best can...

Permits to be sold through a common auctioning system. But countries will have the right to opt out. National governments have unanimously agreed on new rules for Europe's...

We are subsidising 19th-century technologies while pursuing 21st-century targets. The two conflicting sides of EU energy policy were on display on 24 June, the day on which...