Government permits expropriation of grasslands for renewable energy projects

         As a general rule, the draft provides that it is prohibited to remove permanent or temporary grassland from the agricultural circuit, but there are listed a number of exceptions to this rule.          The draft stipulates that removing permanently or temporarily meadows from the agricultural circuit can be done, with the MARD … Read more

ANRE Report: The number of green certificates granted to renewable energy producers will be reduced

         "The mechanism for review the number of certificates resulting from overcompensation analysis is based on annual recalculation during the application of the support scheme, the number of green certificates / MWh so that the internal rate of return (IRR) for each technology, new entrants, in the aggregate level, be equal to the IRR … Read more

Bulgarians are preparing a rebellion against the shale gas exploration in Romania

         Protest organizers say they plan to rebel against capital and in favor of protecting nature. One of the protesters, Sintiya Nedyalkov, quoted by Standard publication, says she will dedicate her entire life to impose a complete moratorium on shale gas exploration and exploitation.          Tuesday, the Agency for Environmental Protection in Romania, … Read more

As Global CO2 Emissions Rise, Scientists Warn 2-Degree Target Is Nearly Out Of Reach: ‘We Need A Radical Plan’

        According to a new paper published yesterday in the journal Nature Climate Change, carbon dioxide emissions will rise by 2.6 percent this year, fueled by major increases in China and India. This follows a record year in 2011, when countries pumped 3.1 percent more global warming pollution into the atmosphere — making it very … Read more

Icelandic Ambassador Says Japan could replace 25 nuclear plants using geothermal energy

         Noting that Japan has the third largest geothermal energy potential in the world, Ambassador Stefansson emphasized “the potential for geothermal energy is only limited by people’s imagination” and urged Japan to transition from nuclear to geothermal energy. He said “nuclear isn’t a domestic political issue. If something goes wrong, it turns into an international … Read more

The agri-dollar prepares to replace the oil-dollar

          But things are about to change. Limited oil reserves are no longer handling the raising demand of energy, new sources and technologies appear and strong economies attempt to secure their own autonomy. Under these conditions, the oil-dollar force will decrease to the point that the world economy will need something else. What? … Read more

The Most Influential Climate Science Paper Today Remains Unknown to Most People

         It is probably the most influential paper on climate science today. But few outside scientific circles even know it exists.         Though just six pages long, its dense, technical writing makes it largely incomprehensible to non-experts. And yet this paper is transforming the climate change debate—prompting the financial world to … Read more

Collection of electrical and electronics in a chain of hypermarkets, against vouchers

        The first "Recycler" – device on which can be weighed WEEEs, who releases a voucher for a certain amount depending on weight and type of device – was placed on Monday at Cora Pantelimon Bucharest.          At the entrance in the "green zone" of the store, where there is also … Read more

Nostra Silva Federation: Tax forest = More forest exploited

        "Non taxable income          For the purposes of income tax, these revenues are NOT taxable:          k) income from agriculture and forestry, except as provided in Art. 71 "         These provisions, in force in the period 2003-2013, were explained by methodological rules (Decision no. … Read more

How to become a smarter city !

         Visit Schneider Electric at the World Future Energy Summit and learn how any city can become more efficient, sustainable and livable!           Smart Energy solutions for electricity demand and renewable energy Smart Mobility solutions for an improved network management and electric vehicles. Smart Water networks for energy management & efficient network operations Smart Public … Read more

Europe’s climate chief vows to fight on to save emissions trading scheme

        Connie Hedegaard, EU commissioner for climate action, at a press conference on a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies. Photograph: Etienne Ansotte/Shimera/EU Press office.         Europe's climate chief vowed on Wednesday to fight on to save the EU's flagship environmental policy, the emissions trading system (ETS), after … Read more

New study answers columnist’s questions, confirms wind energy’s environmental benefits

         A recent Reuters opinion column by John Kemp and the report it references are simply asking questions that have already been answered, and the answer is that wind energy produces the expected pollution reductions because wind has virtually zero negative impact on the efficiency or emissions of fossil-fired power plants.    … Read more

“Companies are betting that government climate policies will fail” – The Economist

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Companies are betting that government climate policies will fail” – The Economist

         The reason fossil fuel firms are not trying to reduce their carbon emissions could be due to uncertainty on climate and energy policy, suggests the Economist in a recent editorial.

         The paper cites cuts in renewable energy support schemes as one of the elements influencing investors. “Companies are betting that government climate policies will fail.”

         This is exactly what EWEA has been warning for many months:

         “The financial and economic crisis has provoked a wave of uncertainty across the European Union since 2010, with national governments making damaging retroactive changes to policies and regulations for wind energy.”

        The Economist added that in mid-April the European Parliament voted against attempts to shore up Europe’s emissions trading system, the world’s largest carbon market, against collapse.

         “Putting it at risk suggests that Europeans have lost their will to endure short-term pain for long-term environmental gain,” The Economist said. “Nor is this the only such sign. Several cash-strapped EU countries are cutting subsidies for renewable energy. And governments around the world have failed to make progress towards a new global climate-change treaty. Betting against tough climate policies seems almost prudent.”

        The Economist also said that fossil fuel firms should explain how their activities are compatible with government emissions targets. “But so long as governments are ambivalent about those targets, it seems fruitless to demand more of companies and markets. At the moment neither public policies nor markets reflect the risks of a warmer world.”

        News of, and reaction to, the report – Unburnable Carbon 2013: Wasted Capital and Stranded Assets — has also appeared in The New York  Times, the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, Bloomberg News, BBC and Financial Times.

        Quoting from the report, which was written by Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, The Economist editorial noted that the report said a lot of fossil fuel reserves would have to remain in the ground if global temperatures are not to rise more than 2°C, the limit most scientists suggest as safe for humankind.

        “Existing fossil-fuel reserves already contain far more carbon than that,” The Economist said. “According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in its ‘World Energy Outlook,’ total proven international reserves contain 2,860 GTCO2 — almost three times the carbon budget. The report refers to the excess as ‘unburnable carbon’.”

—– source  ewea.org  —–

 

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