Europeans rely less on air conditioning than many other citizens of the world. But the figures show that its use on the continent is increasing due to the constantly rising temperatures, reports Euronews. The number of air conditioning installations in Europe has more than doubled since 1990 as the need to cool buildings has quadrupled,…
The US Senate passed a bill to accelerate the deployment of nuclear power capacity, including by speeding up permitting and creating new incentives for advanced nuclear reactor technologies, Euractiv reports. The expansion of nuclear power has broad bipartisan support, with Democrats seeing it as key to decarbonizing the energy sector to fight…
The European Commission is drawing up plans to exempt long-haul flights from rules on monitoring their non-CO2 emissions. This is happening as a result of increased lobbying by international carriers, reports Reuters. The EU is drawing up plans to require airlines to track and report their contribution to climate change from January…
4000 Parisians took part in the annual picnic on the legendary Champs-Elysées, which took place on May 26. The lucky ones had the opportunity to enjoy the novelty of resting on the road they usually cycle to work, avoiding cars and crowds of tourists, reports Euronews. The event was also attended by the mayor of the French capital Anne Hidalgo. The municipality…
The governing body of the Regional Development Program 2021-2027 (RDP) has announced for application the procedure "Support for sustainable energy renovation of multi-family residential buildings, including tackling energy poverty" under Priority 4 "Just transition" of the RDP, reported by Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. The main purpose of the procedure is to support energy efficiency (EE) measures…
The Ministry of Education and Science (MES) supports a large-scale project to create a Center for Energy Development and New Sciences (CERNN) in Vratsa. The project envisages the construction of a technological high school, a university building, a development center and a campus with dormitories. The aim is to train specialists in the field of energy, computer science and new technologies in the future center.
Many economists have long advocated the introduction of a "climate dividend" to avoid the social tensions caused by carbon pricing. However, a group around Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz questioned this approach in a paper published in Nature Climate Change. To avoid overly restrictive regulation in climate policy, most…
The Council of the EU has adopted its position ('common approach') on the Environmental Claims Directive, which aims to tackle greenwashing and help consumers make genuinely greener decisions when buying a product or using a service . Consumers need reliable, comparable and verifiable environmental claims to make fully informed…
Research shows that climatic phenomena with dust in the Sahara desert can severely affect the production of solar energy, reports Euronews. Saharan dust is best known in Europe for turning skies orange, reducing air quality and leaving a fine layer of dust on roofs and cars. Yet he is also responsible for…
The majority of EU member states gave the final green light to the Nature Restoration Act during a Council meeting in Luxembourg. Thus, the last step was taken for one of the most controversial dossiers of the Green Deal, reports Euractiv. A last-minute change in Austria's position announced on Sunday by the environment minister of…
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