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Industry calls for decarbonisation focus

Energy and Environment

15 May 2013

Europe faces a "lost decade" in low carbon development, the continent's electricity industry association Eurelectric has warned, due to signals that detract from the ultimate goals of energy policy.

World has stalled on clean energy

Energy and Environment

17 April 2013

The world's governments are failing on almost every level to clean up their energy systems and must intervene to support nuclear power, said the IEA, noting that only renewables and electric vehicles are 'on track'.

EU countries defend nuclear's climate role

Nuclear Policies

13 March 2013

A forthright statement by the governments of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and the UK  has called for 'neutrality of technology' in meeting future EU decarbonisation targets.

Backloading's back

Energy and Environment

07 May 2013

Support for the ailing European carbon market has continued with a joint letter from nine EU member states urging another attempt to put through 'backloading' measures as well as structural reform by the middle of this year.

Brussels pushes for decommissioning estimates

Waste and Recycling

21 March 2013

The European Commission wants European Union member states to release more detailed information about their decommissioning programs to help it monitor their compliance with a 2011 directive.

Resolution on EU stress test lessons

Regulation and Safety

25 January 2013

The European Parliament's energy committee has approved a draft resolution recommending the speedy implementation of lessons learned from stress tests conducted at the European Union's (EU's) nuclear power reactors.