MEPs OK law on cutting sulphur content in shipping fuels (News)
EurActiv | 12 Sep 2012
The European Parliament has approved legislation to slash sulphur levels in shipping fuels, a move environmentalists say will help prevent thousands of deaths linked to maritime pollution. More '
 EU Emission Trading Scheme | Climate Change

China keen to avoid EU's CO2 market problems (News)
EurActiv | 23 Jul 2012
China is considering price control mechanisms and tightly regulated markets for its emissions trading schemes (ETS) in a bid to avoid the price volatility and scandals that have hit Europe's ETS, as surveys show the country has reached European per-capita emission levels. More '
 EU Emission Trading Scheme | Climate Change

Rising Asia and old Europe need to work together (Analysis)
EurActiv | 21 Mar 2012
Europe should engage more firmly with Asia not only in trade but also in foreign policy, climate issues and resource efficiency if it is to regain its powerful role in the international arena, argue Giles Merritt and Shada Islam from Friends of Europe. More '

Letters: Europe, Japan and energy options
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Mar 2011
The EU commission's 2050 low-carbon road map released last week needs to raise Europe's sights beyond its current 2020 emission reduction targets (Report, 7 March). While the EU has agreed that emissions must be reduced by at least 80% by the middle of the century, it has not so far set out how to...
 Carbon Storage | Energy | Energy Consumption | Energy Production | EU Emission Trading Scheme | Governance

Response: We don't need to de-industrialise to meet our emissions targets
Guardian Unlimited | 18 Feb 2011
Investing in a low-carbon economy will create growth and keep Europe competitive. In your article on the debate over reducing European greenhouse gas emissions, EU energy commissioner Günther Oettinger is right to insist: "Look at our deficit - we need growth, and we need more industry" (EU energy...
 Economy | Globalisation | Environment

Hopes of 30% cut in greenhouse emissions dashed
Guardian Unlimited | 10 Feb 2011
EU energy chief fears target would lead to a too-fast process of de-industrialisation as compared to current 20%. The UK government's plan to push Europe to deeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions has been dashed by the EU's energy chief. Günther Oettinger, the EU's energy commissioner, dealt a...
 United Kingdom | Governance | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Policy

European commission extends carbon market freeze indefinitely
Guardian Unlimited | 27 Jan 2011
The European commission's emergency suspension last week of trading in carbon allowances to put a halt to rampant theft of credits by hackers has been extended indefinitely until countries can prove their systems are protected from further fraud. While the suspension had been expected to end last night, Brussels now says that the freeze in trades had been imposed to give the commission executive some breathing space to figure out what to do.
 England | Economics and the Environment | Economy | Environmental Impacts | EU Emission Trading Scheme

Traders condemn EU's 'Mickey Mouse' carbon market after botched trading statement
Guardian Unlimited | 21 Jan 2011
A city trader accused the European commission tonight of running a "Mickey Mouse" carbon-trading scheme after some traders lost heavily on the market owing to a botched trading statement. The commission is already under fire over an entirely separate fraud inquiry that has closed parts of the EU's...
 Economics and the Environment | EU Emission Trading Scheme

Europe must ban flawed carbon credits
Guardian Unlimited | 17 Jan 2011
Millions of pollution permits in Europe's emissions trading scheme do very little for the environment. A vote on Friday could change that. Paying €14 for something that costs just 17 cents is clearly good business for the seller. But in the strange case of the European Union Emissions Trading...
 England | Clean Development Mechanism | Economics and the Environment | EU Emission Trading Scheme

EU States Expect to Exceed Air Pollutant Limits
Environmental Protection UK | 07 Oct 2010
The European Environment Agency has confirmed that 11 EU countries expect to exceed their legal emissions ceiling for nitrogen oxides (NOx) in 2010, some by more than 40%. The EEA's annual status report reveals that several Member States, including Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom, expect to exceed their respective NOx ceilings by small margins (less than 5 %).
 EU Emission Trading Scheme | Greenhouse Gas Emissions