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Yesterday, Nuclearelectrica started the retrofitting of Unit 1 of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, an event attended by President Nicuşor Dan, Government representatives, members of the National Commission for the Control of Nuclear Activities...

Obiectivele Uniunii Europene referitoare la reducerea emisiilor de CO2 ale vehiculelor, inclusiv o reducere cu 100% pentru autoturisme din 2035, nu mai sunt fezabile, au anunţat ieri preşedinţii Asociaţiei constructorilor europeni de automobile...

One of the most ambitious ecological projects of the European Union - the emissions trading system (EU-ETS) - is about to become a Trojan horse used by the world of organized crime, claim the journalists from Follow The Money (FTM), following an...

The isolationism promoted by the Trump Administration - America, first and foremost -, the idea that democracies lead to too slow development and that society should be run like a company with a single shareholder give way to voluntarism and...

In 2024, almost half (49%) of new buses sold in Europe were zero-emission models (electric or hydrogen), exceeding the targets set by the European Union to reduce CO2 emissions, according to a report by the NGO Transport & Environment...

The municipality of Amsterdam has announced an ambitious measure to combat pollution: banning pleasure boats on its famous tourist canals in the city center. According to an official statement, starting April 1, only electric, hydrogen-powered...

Confruntaţi cu realitatea dură a scăderii competitivităţii şi declinul economic din UE, politicienii europeni au început să ia în considerare eliminarea ţintelor verzi şi îngheţarea taxelor pe emisiile de CO2.

Trouble never comes alone, not even in climate issues. The ways in which people consume and feed themselves are causing "interconnected" crises that affect biodiversity, climate and health, threatening the survival of essential ecosystems...

The Games have been over for months, but there is still good news coming out of Paris. Greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been halved compared to previous editions, despite the higher-than-expected impact...

The Arctic, a region particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, is emitting more carbon dioxide (CO2) than it stores, according to a US report recently published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This...

Turismul global contribuie semnificativ la emisiile de gaze cu efect de seră, reprezentând 8,8% din totalul emisiilor mondiale în 2019, conform unui studiu publicat în Nature Communications. Între 2009 şi 2019, emisiile asociate turismului au...

Global tourism is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 8.8% of total global emissions in 2019, according to a study published in Nature Communications. Between 2009 and 2019, tourism-related emissions grew by 3.5%...

What was expected, according to forecasts, will be officially recorded. 2024 will be the warmest year on record, and extraordinarily high temperatures are expected to persist at least into the first months of 2025, European Union scientists said...

Natural phenomena, including extreme ones, are linked. Record-breaking ocean temperatures increased the maximum wind speeds that accompanied all hurricanes formed in the Atlantic in 2024, according to a study, thus confirming that global warming...

The amount of CO2 emitted by private planes increased by 46% in 2023 compared to 2019, according to a study published in the journal Communications Earth&Environment, cited by the German publication Zeit. According to the cited source,...

The world is warming and almost everyone is feeling it. 2024 will almost certainly be the warmest year on record, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead of the UN climate...

In 2023, greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new records, a phenomenon that, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), will lead to inevitable increases in global temperatures in the coming years. The main...

Achieving a sustainable economy and reaching some targets of the Green Deal have the support of the banking system in our country, which in recent years has introduced several green credit products, even if the interest rates charged on some of...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided last Friday to cancel one of the most controversial measures in the European Mobility Package: the obligation for transport vehicles to return to the company's operational center every...

The investments required for the full implementation of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) are estimated at approximately 190 billion euros, says Giorgio Travaini, the executive director of EU-Rail, in an interview for the...

The delegated act put out for public consultation by the European Commission on Friday, September 27, regarding the proposal of calculation methods for "low-carbon" hydrogen is harshly criticized by supporters of nuclear energy and those...

The modernization and development of the energy transport and distribution networks for which an estimated financing of between 9.2 and 11.5 billion euros is needed and the achievement of storage capacities of at least 1.2 Gigawatts (GW) by 2030,...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide Deutsche Bank with guarantees of 500 million euros to help the lender support Europe's wind energy industry, the two organizations and the European Commission announced yesterday, according to...

Nala Renewables has signed an agreement with the Romanian renewable energy group Monsson for the acquisition of a 61 MWp photovoltaic project located in the west of the country. Construction works are expected to start in the third quarter of...

Lupta împotriva poluării a ajuns la emisiile de metan ale animalelor. Situaţia pare cel puţin ciudată, dar datele ştiinţifice sunt destul de relevante. Danemarca va deveni prima ţară din lume care va taxa emisiile de carbon ale şeptelului, o...

The fight against pollution has reached the methane emissions of animals. The situation seems strange to say the least, but the scientific data is quite relevant. Denmark will become the first country in the world to tax the carbon emissions of...

Stuttgart 21 is the most modern railway project currently underway in Germany. Basically, through the project, the former Stuttgart Train Station building is undergoing an extensive interior modernization process and will become a shopping...

Given that Europe has only 9% of the necessary raw materials, sustainability is an essential condition for the construction sector, argue the specialists of the Strabag company who work in the Zublin Innovation Center in Stuttgart, Germany and...

The European Commission yesterday gave the green light, in terms of technical and nuclear security aspects, to the construction of Units 3 and 4 at Cernavodă, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Energy. The quoted source shows...

It has become a habit that almost every month we experience is the warmest on record. All we have to do is set every record. April 2024 was no exception. The world just had its warmest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which each...

France and Canada are the countries that obtain the highest revenues in the world from taxes on CO2 emissions, according to World Bank figures, cited by visualcapitalist.com.

The pronounced warming brings along other problems as well. Vegetation fires are becoming more frequent and violent. Europe is no exception, with Greece being among the most affected countries. The 2023 vegetation fire season was one of the most...

Nature continues to amaze with how it manages to regulate certain processes. Greenland absorbs more methane - a powerful greenhouse gas that accelerates climate warming - than it emits, according to a study conducted by the University of...

The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations this year is at risk of exceeding levels compatible with the climate warming trajectories necessary to meet the 1.5-degree Celsius limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, according to...

The fight against pollution is a tough one, especially for economically powerful states with developed industries. China is setting new objectives for improving air quality as part of its strategy for green development and reduced carbon dioxide...

Meteorological records fell one after another throughout 2023, and Europe was no exception. Last year was the hottest in the history of meteorological recordings, with a "remarkable" advancement, probably the warmest in the last 100,000...

Renault SA will not launch the initial public offering (IPO) of its electric vehicle division Ampere, planned for next year, if its valuation is too low, the French carmaker's chief executive Luca de Meo said yesterday, according to Reuters....

A recent study by an American professor deals a heavy blow to plans to replace coal with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in power and thermal power plants.