February 11, 2016 Bioenergy, Climate change, Energy Efficiency, International climate conferences World’s first ever cap on aviation emissions strengthens rationale for sustainably sourced biofuels Following years of negotiations, the United Nations aviation body, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), reached an agreement on 8…
February 5, 2016 Arctic, Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels, Future energy system, Gas Norway goes to Brussels to dump its dirty fossil assets on Europe BRUSSELS: At the third annual EU-Norway Energy Conference in Brussels today, the EU’s Climate and Energy Commissioner Arias Cañete was…
February 3, 2016 Electric mobility, Future energy system Fight against car maker lobby harder than anticipated Today, 3 February 2016, during its plenary vote in Strasbourg, environmentally conscious parties in the European Parliament failed to secure…
January 26, 2016 Electric mobility, European Union, Future energy system Rectifying the EU’s emission testing regime: Where are we now? Following revelations about the commonplace nature of emission test manipulations across the entire car maker industry, the European Commission was…
January 20, 2016 Electric mobility, Future energy system Putin pushes electric car development in Russia MURMANSK – Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday issued a governmental order to revamp and modernize Russia’s ailing automobile industry with…