EU sets 2012 for air emissions cap
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EU environment ministers agree to include airlines in the emissions trading scheme a year later than MEPs wanted.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 29 (IPS) - The European Parliament has made a strong demand  ahead of a conference on global warming next week to include  aviation and shipping within the Kyoto Protocol.
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Cooling the continent The European Council yesterday laid down new regulations for implementing strict energy efficiency rules for government authorities EU-wide.â¦
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BRUSSELS, Sep 4 (IPS) - Air travel needs to be quickly included in a  European Union programme for addressing climate change if pledges  on curbing greenhouse gas releases are to be kept, a new study  has found.
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The EU is to set carbon limits under the next phase of the European Trading Scheme, a  tool to tackle global warming.
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European Union leaders clinched  agreement on Friday on a bold long-term strategy for energy  policy and climate change aimed at leading the world in the  fight against global warming, diplomats said.
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E.U. officials told leading automakers to make deep cuts in emissions or face fines that could reach billions of euros. But automakers promised a fight.
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European and Asian foreign ministers agreed to set a 2009 deadline to complete negotiations on a new international climate change pact to limit greenhouse gases
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The European Commission on Wednesday is expected to unveil final plans for tougher limits on carbon-dioxide emissions from cars amid pressure from big carmakers, particularly in Germany.Comment
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.Comment
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Investor's Business Daily - The European Union agreed on measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and that 10% of European cars will run on biofuels. The binding accord, the 1st to go beyond the 35-nation Kyoto Protocol in its targets for greenhouse gas emissions cuts, does not include an enforcement mechanism.
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The European Union has found new partners in its campaign against global warming: weather forecasters.
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The EU is to set carbon limits under the next phase of the European Trading Scheme, a key tool to tackle global warming.
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Europeans push for explicit 25-40% carbon cuts by 2020, but US resists
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Britain becomes the first country to set binding carbon dioxide emissions targets: 60 percent cuts by 2050. In Autopia.
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BERLIN, Mar 13 (IPS) - The new EU commitment to reducing greenhouse gases   emissions by at least 20 percent by  2020 relative to 1990  levels is deceptive, leading German scientists say.
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European Union heads of government meeting in Brussels have agreed to slash carbon dioxide emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by the year 2020.Comment