June 28, 2022 European Union, TEN-T Rail and Ship Transport of CO2 to Storage: Key to Enable Slovenian Industrial Decarbonisation at Salonit Anhavo Cement Plant The Slovenian cement manufacturer, Salonit Anhavo, is looking to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to reduce emissions further on the path to […]
June 27, 2022 Climate change, Energy Efficiency, European Union, Future energy system EED – Time for Binding National Targets Together with several NGO’s we asked the European Commission to adopt binding national targets, moving from ambition to […]
June 15, 2022 Energy Efficiency, Future energy system, Renewable energy Letter calling on strict RFNBO production to ensure emission reductions, reduce fossil fuel dependency, and prevent increasing energy prices for consumers Together with several NGOs, Bellona calls on the Commission to ensure that the strict principle of additionality be upheld in the Delegated […]
June 7, 2022 European Union, TEN-T To avoid climate disaster, timing is everything: Flexible transportation solutions for CO2 to Storage key to speed up deployment Carbon Collectors is a Dutch carbon dioxide transport and storage company founded in 2016, focusing on flexible solutions for transportation […]
June 3, 2022 Climate change, European Union Open letter asking for MEPs to vote for an EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that work for the climate and support industrial transformation Together with other NGOs, Bellona Europa signed an open letter asking the Members of the European Parliament for three key points in […]
May 31, 2022 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels Three points the Energy Taxation Directive should get right Our asks are developed along three axes: the complete exclusion of fossil fuels from tax exceptions, the levelling of hydrogen taxation […]
May 30, 2022 European Union, Fossil fuels, Future energy system Commission tries to quietly rush through disastrous rules on renewable hydrogen On 20 May, the European Commission published two documents that set the rules for the production of hydrogen, among other renewable fuels. […]
May 30, 2022 Air Pollution, Electric mobility, Fossil fuels, Transport Letter calling on EU policy makers to agree to more ambitious car and van CO2 targets for the environment, consumers and Europe’s energy independence Bellona Europa, together with 53 NGOs, signed a statement calling on EU policy makers to agree to more ambitious car and van CO2 targets for […]
May 27, 2022 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change NEGEM consortium publishes briefing on ways in which CDR is handled in the latest IPCC report The headline message of the report is clear: our current and expected pathways of emissions are not in line with the Paris Agreement and we […]
May 27, 2022 Electric mobility, European Union, Fossil fuels, Transport Open letter urging decision makers to reject the creation of additional demand for natural gas An open letter has been sent to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU urging decision makers to reject the creation of […]
May 23, 2022 Climate change, Energy Efficiency, European Union, Future energy system Call for Veto: Legal breach and democratic shortcomings in Taxonomy CDA Bellona Europa and ClientEarth kicked-off the first event in the planned series on the Taxonomy CDA on the 11th of May. With high level […]
May 18, 2022 Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels, Future energy system, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind Press release – REPowerEU: when hydrogen hype clouds climate ambitions The European Commission published its REPowerEU package today, meant to wean Europe off Russian gas. In this package, hydrogen is […]
May 18, 2022 Climate change, European Union, Renewable energy Bellona’s position on ENVI committees votes on RED, ETS, ESR and LULUCF Earlier this week, the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) committee voted on key pieces of […]
May 13, 2022 Climate change, European Union, Industrial Pollution Bellona co-signs open letter calling on the European Parliament to support Amendment 393 in the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) Bellona Europa, alongside 13 NGOs, calls on the European Parliament to support Amendment 393 in the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) and […]
May 11, 2022 Electric mobility, Transport Bellona co-signs open letter calling on Europe to electrify new corporate fleets Call for company cars, delivery vans, taxi and ride-hailing services, as well as urban and public authority fleets to go zero emission and […]
May 10, 2022 European Union, TEN-T Blogpost: Public action needed to tackle barriers to entry for Hungarian first movers on CCS Bellona Europa’s Hanna Biro, originally from Hungary, recently travelled to her home country to attend a local workshop that gathered […]
May 4, 2022 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, European Union Three basics for the EU to get CDR right In the context of the EU’s Carbon Removal Certification Mechanism, Bellona suggests 3 basics that should guide the EU’s approach […]
May 3, 2022 European Union, TEN-T Shipping CO2 provides flexibility to reach storage sites For the ongoing campaign of #TenTTuesday, Bellona Europa and Clean Air Task Force (CATF) hosted an event on the 6th of April: Transport of […]
April 29, 2022 Carbon Capture and Storage Pioneering CO2 export terminal underway in Germany Bellona has recommended that the German government build a CO2 transport and storage infrastructure for German industry. This is now being […]
April 28, 2022 European Union, Fossil fuels Bellona Europa Launches Taxonomy CDA Event Series The launch of the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act (CDA) set out the role of unabated fossil gas as sustainable […]
