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US authorities strongly object to ETS changes. Passengers to lose out as airlines plan to spread the cost The US government and airlines have not given up their...

US anger over plan to include aviation in the EU's emissions trading scheme. ECJ backs EU over aviation emissions The government of the United States and airlines...

When the EU moves, others follow, writes the European Commissioner for climate action on the breakthrough deal struck at the Durban summit on climate change. At the Durban...

Connie Hedegaard's risk in Durban was redemption for the EU after its embarrassing failure at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009. Connie Hedegaard, the European...

Climate change deal includes all major emitters. The world's largest economies have agreed on a roadmap towards a legally-binding deal by 2015 to to cut greenhouse-gas...

South Africa and Brazil are now prepared to sign up to a roadmap, but other major countries are holding out. The EU has made a final appeal to large economies to sign up to a...

Little prospect of a deal at Durban conference. The mood darkened at the  climate-change summit in Durban, South Africa, yesterday (7 December) as negotiators failed to...

Commissioner for climate action says she still believes that the EU should not sign up to a second Kyoto deal on its own. Connie Hedegaard, the European commissioner for...

Hedegaard says EU must continue to push others 'in our direction'. Expectations have been lowered for the United Nations climate summit, which begins in Durban, South Africa...

When it comes to making the transport sector pay for its emissions, there are significant differences between aviation and shipping. There is a key difference between ships...

The European commissioner for climate action on what she expects from the climate talks in Durban. Connie Hedegaard, the European commissioner for climate action, says that...

Commission plans to allocate much more of the EU budget to climate issues are proving controversial. If the EU's much-trumpeted aspiration is to create a ‘low-carbon...

Agreement on an updated binding deal for climate change will be very tricky. The Kyoto protocol is showing its age – and has been for years. In 1990, the year used as the...

Commission urged to take account of indirect land-use change when assessing fuel emissions. A group of scientists and economists has called on the EU to recognise the...

Oettinger and Hedegaard reject advice from Commission's scientific experts. The European Commission has rejected the advice of its scientific experts and backed away from...

Commission to propose emissions calculation, but MEPs want different values for each crop. A cross-party group of MEPs is urging the European Commission to distinguish...

Report was amended to remove call for the EU to increase its CO2 reduction target to 30% by 2020. MEPs today (5 July) rejected a report calling for the EU to set out an...

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...

Side-effects of production eliminate emissions savings; palm oil and rapeseed score poorly. Biofuel from palm oil, soybean and rapeseed produces more greenhouse-gas...

Climate-action department warns that energy-efficiency plans could deflate carbon prices. A senior Commission official has warned that impending energy-efficiency measures...