Polluters wait to hear EU verdict
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Nine European countries could face legal action if they fail to cut air pollution, the EU’s environment commissioner has warned.
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Electric barges aim to reshape EU freight
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The world’s first fully electric, emission-free and potentially automatically controlled container barges are due to operate from the ports of
Dutch disappoint with renewable record
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The Netherlands is near the bottom of a table on renewable energy use in Europe, according to the statistics agency
Race to turn carbon into power
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North American and European projects are struggling to convert dangerous levels of carbon in the atmosphere into green energy on
NGOs back 35% renewable target
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Renewable energy groups are hoping that a 35-per-cent renewable energy target proposed by MEPs will prevail over a less ambitious
Groningen output must halve: report
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The Dutch State Supervision of Mines has urged the government to cut production significantly at the controversial Groningen gas field
EU set to enact building rules
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EU ambassadors have confirmed the political agreement reached between Estonia and the European Parliament in December on the revised directive
Poles fit Dutch pollution ‘vacuum’
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In Krakow, southern Poland’s architectural gem, air pollution can reach six times safe levels. Like most former communist countries, Poland
Norway assesses Russia nuclear risks
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Norway has assessed potential nuclear risks from northern Russia, including radioactive junk, two dumped nuclear submarines and vessels transporting spent
EDF: reactors complement renewables
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France’s nuclear utility EDF says it is addressing the rise of renewable energy by ensuring its 58 reactors are flexible
EDF happy with nuclear checks
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French utility giant EDF says it has completed checks and submitted files for seven more nuclear reactors to regulator ASN
Bulgaria set to become gas hub
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Bulgaria, which is struggling with a pollution crisis, could become a hub for the supply of Azerbaijan’s gas to Europe,
Journalists expelled from Ozersk
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French television reporters working in Russia have been fined for trying to find the source of a radioactive cloud that
VW unveils battery aims
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Volkswagen’s truck manufacturer Scania says it will invest €10 million in Northvolt’s more than €4 billion project to build Europe’s
Swedes divide on nuclear safety
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Sweden’s radiation safety agency (SSM) and an environmental court issued conflicting recommendations to the government on whether to allow the