Europe
2022-2024 Articles
Europe Central Bank President Flags Risks for EU Plan to Tax CO2 beyond EU 0924
Can the Labour Party Bring Back Britain’s Green Groove? 0724
UK’s Election Is a Rare Win against Anti-Climate Campaigns 0724 - Labour will push forawrd strongly with decarbonization goals that the Tories put on the back burner or reversed.
Europe Election’s Green Wipeout Means Fights Ahead to Keep Climate Goals 0624
The Race to Map the World’s Forests and Protect $110 Billion of Trade 0624 - EU's requirements for food import supply chains to be climate friendly (esp. no deforestation) has big impacts around th world. They are too costly for many samll farmers to meet. They also push up EU food import prices.
European Court Rules Switzerland Climate Inaction Violated Human Rights 0424
Climate Migration Concerns Surpass Fears of Russian Aggression in Europe 0224
Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest and Authoritarian Backlash 0124
EU Set to Support Ambitious Target of 90% Emissions Cut by 2040 - 0124
Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest and Authoritarian Backlash 0124
EU Risks Escalating Spat with Farmers, Business over 90% Cuts by 2040 - 0224
More Heat Pumps Cause Demand Peak Switch to Winter, for Grid Problems 0124
EU Plans Big Scale Up of Carbon Removals to Reach Climate Neutrality 0124
EU Sees Electricity Production Doubling by 2050 to Reach Net Zero 0124
7 European Countries Pledge CO2-Free Power Systems by 2035 - 1223
EU Calls for ‘Tangible Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels as Soon as Possible’ 1123
Europe’s War on Carbon Goes Global as Border Tax Comes Into Play 1023
New E.U. Law Requires 70% of Aviation Fuel to Be Sustainable by 2050 - 0923
EU Looks into Blocking Out the Sun, as Climate Efforts Falter 0623
Swiss Voters Approve Climate Law to Cut Greenhouse Gases, as Glaciers Melt 0623
Germany to Walk Back Charging Goal as More People Plug EVs in at Home 0623
France Bans Short-Haul Flights, as It Looks to Cut Transport Emissions 0523
European Law Might Get Companies around the World to Cut Climate Pollution 0523 - border adjustment, for industrial goods subject to little or no carbon price at home.
Germany Sets the New Standard for Cheap, National Mass Transit 0423
Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle 0423
EU Approves 2035 Ban on Sales of Gasoline-Powered Cars 0323
EU’s Green Plan Will Force Oil Majors to Store CO2 Underground 0323
EU Lawmakers Back Deal to Ban New Combustion-Engine Cars by 2035 - 0223
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Italy Gets Cold Feet over EU Greener Buildings Plan 0223
Europe’s Plan to Become the 1st Climate-Neutral Continent 0123
EU Gets Landmark Deal to Strengthen and Expand Carbon Market 1222
World’s 1st Carbon Border Tax Lands in Europe 1222
EU Passes Law to Make Electric Car Batteries Cleaner 1222
EU’s New Climate Change Plan Will Cause Biodiversity Loss, Deforestation 1222
France Mandates Solar Panels on Most Parking Lots; Great Marriage with EVs 1122
Time to Stop Counting Forest Biomass as ‘Renewable Energy’ 1122
E.U. Plans for Only Electric New Vehicles by 2035 Are ‘without Precedent’ 1022
EU Targets ‘Zero Pollution’ by 2050 to Curb Premature Deaths 1022
Germany Extends Lifetime of Remaining Nuclear Plants 1022
Greta Thunberg - Germany Making ‘Mistake' by Ditching Nuclear Power for Coal 1022
EU Set to Pave Way for €565 Billion Overhaul of Electricity Grid 0922
European Union Signals a Move Away from Wood Energy 0922
Denmark Is 1st UN Member to Pay for ‘Loss and Damage’ from Climate Change 0922
Europe Plans 20 Floating Gas Terminals by Year-End, Raising Climate Fears 0822
How Germany Is Scrambling to Save Energy 0822
Spain Air Conditioning Crackdown Set to Take Effect 0822
Germany Gets Solar Boost amid Energy Crisis 0822
Londoners Urged Not to Travel, as Heat Wave Engulfs Europe 0722
Italy Declares State of Emergency on Impact from Drought 0722
Europe Calls Gas and Nuclear Energy ‘Green’ 0722
Putin’s War Threatens Europe’s Ambitious Climate Goals 0722
To Save Energy, Stop Wearing Neckties, Spanish Premier Sanchez Says 0722
Ireland Lays Path to Cut Emissions in Half by 2030 - 0722
Italy Declares State of Emergency on Impact from Drought 0722
EU Lawmakers Support Banning Gasoline Car Sales by 2035 - 0622
Finland Targets Net Zero by 2035 - 0522
Why Germany Is Offering a Summer of Cheap Trains 0522 - Cut use of Russian oil and gas.
Germany Presents New Ukraine-Accelerated Renewables Plan 0422
EU Targets Man-Made Greenhouse Gases in Climate Neutrality Push 0422
U.K. Bets Big on Nuclear, Wind in Energy Security Strategy 0422
U.K. Targets 10-Fold Increase in Electric Vehicle Charge Points 0322
E.U. to Unveil Strategy to Break Free from Russian Gas 0222
Germany Responds to Russia, by Halting Nord Stream 2 Pipeline 0222
Slovenia Pledges to Stop Burning Coal for Electricity by 2033 - 0122
Denmark Wants to Drop Fossil Fuels in Domestic Flights in 2030 - 0122
2017-2021 Articles
Europe Unveils Gas Market Proposals Key to Low-Carbon Future 1221
Germany Approves Billions for Climate, Modernization Fund 1221
Germany’s New Coalition Promises Climate Revolution & CO2 Floor Price 1121
Europe’s CO2 Price Has Almost Tripled in 2021 - 1221 - €80 / ton
Portugal Becomes 4th EU Country to Stop Using Coal to Make Electricity 1121
Iceland’s Cabinet Raises Climate Goal as Glaciers Melt 1121
Germany’s New Government to Channel $67 Billion to Climate Fund 1121
CoP26 Deal Sounds Death Knell for Coal Power – British PM 1121
Greece Brings In Climate Law, Banning Fossil-Fuel Cars From 2030 - 1121
France to Invest in Small Nuclear Reactors and Green Energy Projects 1021
Austria Announces Carbon Tax, Offset by Reduction in Other Taxes 1021
Denmark Agrees to Binding 2030 Climate Target for Agriculture 1021
London Brings Forward Plan to Electrify City’s Bus Fleet 0921
France Passes Climate Law, but Critics Say It Falls Short 0721 - A few of the measures: domestic flights for journeys that can be made by train in less than 2.5 hours are banned, unless they connect to an international flight. Subsidies for drivers who trade in a polluting car for a cleaner one have been extended to electric bicycle purchases.
The E.U. Is Getting Serious about Climate. Can the U.S. Follow Suit? 0721 - E.U. plans to raise the price to at least $71 per ton of CO2.
EU Deal Forces Investors to Shift Gears on Climate Threat 0721
EU Unveils Ambitious Climate Package, as It Cools on Fossil Fuels 0721
UK’s Target to End to Coal Power Is Now 2024, a Year Sooner 0621
Court Orders Shell to Slash CO2 Emissions in Landmark Climate Ruling 0521
German Climate Goals Need ‘Massive’ Cut in Industry CO2 by 2030 - 0521
‘Historic’ German Ruling Says Climate Goals Not Tough Enough 0421
Poland Clinches ‘Historic’ Deal to Phase Out Coal by 2049 - 0421
Danish Leader Speaks of Ambitious Offshore Wind ‘Energy Island’ Plans 0421
UK to Cut CO2 Emissions 78% by 2035, from 1990 Levels 0421
EU Reaches Major Climate Deal Ahead of Biden Climate Summit 0421
French MPs Approve Bill Enshrining Climate Change Protection in Constitution 0321
Court Faults France Over ‘Ecological Damage’ From Its Emissions Levels 0221
EU Hopes for a Climate Partnership with China 0221
U.K. to Halt Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad 1220
Germany Seeks to Curb Global Emissions of N2O, a Climate Super-Pollutant 1220
EU Leaders Agree to Reduce Emissions, after All-Night Talks 1220
EU Drafts Deal to Upgrade 2030 Climate Change Target Next Month 1120
EU Plans to Increase Offshore Wind Farm Capacity by 250% - 1120
EU Eyes Tax as Tool in Climate Change Fight 1120
Boris Johnson Lays Out U.K. Plan for a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ 1120
EU Says Fossil Fuel Subsidies Undermine Its Climate Ambitions 1020
Does the EU’s Methane Strategy Go Far Enough? 1020
Oslo Is What a Zero-Emissions City Looks Like 0920
Europe Poised to Ramp Up Emission Cuts with Ambitious Target 0820
Boris Johnson Poised to Stop UK Funding Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects 0820
Electric Car Subsidies Make Renaults Free in Germany 0720
‘Green Tsunami’ Washes Over France’s City Halls 0720
Denmark to Introduce Green Taxes on Carbon Emissions 0620
U.K. Announces ‘Jet Zero’ Plan to Drive Down Aviation Emissions 0620
Germany Just Unveiled the World’s Greenest Stimulus Plan 0620
Merkel Cabinet Seals Plan to Widen CO2 Price to Heating, Roads 0520
Greener Farms and Healthier Food Key to EU’s Climate Plan 0520
Spain Aims to Pass Green Law, Boost Clean Energy on Grid to 70% - 0520
Oil Slump Spurs Talk of Ending EU Subsidies for Polluting Fuels 0420
EU Draft Climate Law Sparks Political Battles 0320 - Net-zero by 2050. Arguments over details
Is Scotland Leading the Way on Climate Change? 0220
UK Petrol and Diesel Car Sales Ban Brought Forward to 2035 - 0220
EU’s $1 Trillion Plan to Make Whole Continent Carbon Neutral 0120
Spain Declares Climate Emergency, Gets Climate Plan Ready 0120
Holland Must Cut CO2 to Protect Citizens from Climate Change – Supreme Court 1219
Europe Threatens U.S. with Carbon Tariffs to Combat Climate Change 1219
EU Unveils 'Green Deal' Plan to Get Europe Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 1219
EU Declares a Climate Emergency 1119
Germany Passes Climate-Protection Law to Ensure 2030 Goals 1119
Germany’s Merkel Wants 1 Million Electric Car Charge Points by 2030 - 1119
Labour Party Pledges to Ban Sale of Non-Electric Cars by 2030 - 1019
Scotland Enacts ‘Toughest Climate Change Laws in the World' 0919
Germany Unveils Plan for Climate-Friendly Aviation 0819
How Copenhagen Plans to Reach Carbon-Neutral Status in Just 6 Years 0819
New EU Chief Makes Bold Climate Pledges 0719
UK’s Goal of Net-Zero Carbon by 2050 Becomes Law 0619
Denmark’s New Prime Minister Vows to Tackle Climate Change 0619
East European States Block Bid for EU 2050 Decarbonization Target 0619
Theresa May Will Commit to Ending UK’s GHG Emissions by 2050, No Caveats 0619
Europe’s Triumphant Greens Demand More Radical Climate Action 0519
'Green Wave' in EU Vote amid Climate Crisis 0519
Ireland Declares Climate Emergency 0519
Amsterdam to Ban Petro-Powered Cars from 2030 Onward - 0519
UK Parliament Declares ‘Climate Emergency' 0519
Copenhagen Wants to Show How Cities Can Fight Climate Change 0319
UK’s Fracking Plan ‘Will Release Same CO2 as 300 Million New Cars’ 0319
Dutch to Close Amsterdam Coal-Fired Power Plant 4 Years Early 0319
EU Being Sued to Stop Burning Trees for Energy; It’s Not Carbon Neutral 0319
EU Forges Deal on Coal Phase-out, with Special Polish Clause 1218
EU Agrees on Deal to Cut CO2 Emissions from Cars 1218
Court Tells EU Commission It Can’t Let Cars Spew More Greenhouse Gases 1218
Dutch Appeals Court Upholds Landmark Climate Change Ruling 1018
European Parliament Wants 40% CO2 Emissions Cut for New Cars by 2030 - 1018
Inside Oslo’s Plan to Go Carbon Neutral by 2030 - 0918
Europe Mulls Stripping Carbon from the Skies 0818
Hottest Summer Bumps Up Climate Fight in Swedish Election 0818
Ireland Moves to Divest From Fossil Fuels 0718
Dutch Parliament to Set Target of 95% CO2 Reduction by 2050 - 0618
EU Raises Renewable Energy Targets to 32% by 2030 - 0618
Germany to Miss 2020 Climate Target, Government Concedes in Official Report 0618
Scotland Draft Climate Change Bill Targets 90% by 2050 Emission Reduction 0518
EU Targets 30% Cut in Truck CO2 Emissions by 2030 - 0518
Climate-Linked Spending Set to Rise to 1/4 of EU Budget 0418
France to Commit €700 Million to International Solar Alliance 0318
EU Sees Higher Climate Target Possible, as Cost of Renewables Falls 0318
Environmental Activists Are Suing Governments over Climate Change and Winning 0218
France Is Officially Shutting All Coal-Fired Power Plants in 3 Years 0118
France Sets Out 10-Point Plan to Double Wind Power Capacity by 2023 - 0118
Germany Set to Miss 2020 Climate Target 0118
EU Lawmakers Reach Deal on Climate Targets for 2030 - 1217
France Passes Law to Ban All Oil and Gas Production by 2040 - 1217
EU Announces €9 Billion in Funding for Climate Action 1217
German Greens Reveal Coal Phase-out Red Line for Joining Government 1117
EU Strikes Deal on Carbon Market Reform for 2020-2030 - 1117
Europe Calls for Cutting Car Emissions by 1/3. Not Enough, Critics Say. 1117
EU Ministers Agree on National Climate Goals, Ahead of U.N. Talks 1017
Paris Plans to Banish All but Electric Cars by 2030 - 1017
EU Plans Carbon Credits, Not Quotas, for Electric Vehicles 1017
Paris Experiments with Car-Free Day across the City 1017
European Countries Spend Billions a Year on Fossil Fuel Subsidies 0917
Scotland Sets 2032 Ban on New Diesel and Petrol Cars, Funds Carbon Capture 0917
Britain Bans Gasoline and Diesel Cars, Starting in 2040 - 0717
Feeling That Trump Will ‘Say Anything,’ Europe Is Less Restrained, Too 0717
France to Ban Sales of Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2040 - 0717
The Harder the Brexit, the Worse the Climate Impact, Study Warns 0717
Sweden Passes Ambitious Climate Law to Be Carbon Neutral by 2045 - 0617
Oil Producer Norway Bans Use of Heating Oil in Buildings 0617
France Vows to Go beyond Paris Climate Commitments 0617
Norway Adopting Electric Vehicles Faster Than Anywhere Else 0517
NATO Countries Worry Trump Will Undo Climate Progress, Drafts Show 0517
Swiss Voters Embrace Shift to Renewable Energy 0517
Oslo, London, Amsterdam Lead Push for Greener Transport 0417
Energy Efficiency Becomes Breakthrough Issue in French Election 0417
Battling Old Habits, Mayor of Warsaw Launches Climate Revolution 0417
EU Energy Companies Pledge No New Coal Plants after 2020 - 0417
Reform of EU Carbon Trading Scheme Agreed 0217
EU’s Renewable Energy Policy Is Making Global Warming Worse 0217
How EU Can Limit Coal’s Life for the Cost of a Pint of Beer 0217
MEPs Approve Overhaul of EU Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme 0217
2016 Articles and earlier
EU Energy Use to Fall 30%, under New Efficiency Plans for 2030 - 1116
EU Requires Pension Funds to Assess Climate Change Risks 1116
New Climate Leader Germany Outlines Path to Carbon-Neutral Economy by 2050 - 1116
Prince Charles Joins Clean Soil Project to Combat Climate Change 1016
Germany Wants to Ban Fossil-Fuel-Powered Cars 1016
Plans for an Electric Car Charging Point in Every New Home in Europe 1016
Germany Takes Steps to Roll Back Renewable Energy Revolution 1016
Sarkozy Sparks Storm, Sayings Man 'Not Sole Cause' of Climate Change 0916 - Climate has changed for millions of years.
Reykjavik Unveils Plan to Limit Urban Sprawl, Become Carbon Neutral by 2040 - 0916
The Netherlands Could Be the 1st Country to Ban Gas, Diesel Vehicles 0816
UK Votes to Leave EU, Fears Grow for Climate Ambition 0616
Oslo Votes to Slash Emissions 95% by 2030 - 0616
Scotland Exceeds Emission Cut Targets – 6 Years Early 0616
Sweden, in Turnaround, Agrees to Continue Nuclear Power 0616
Norway Becomes 1st Nation to Ban Deforestation. How Will That Work? 0616
Norway Brings Carbon Neutrality Goal Forward to 2030 - 0616
Norway to Ban All Sales of Petrol Powered Cars by 2025 - 0616
France Leads by Example with Carbon Price Floor 0516
Germany to Exit Coal Power ‘Well before 2050' - 0516
France to Set Unilateral Floor Price for Carbon Emissions 0416
Netherlands Looks to Ban All Non-Electric Cars by 2025 - 0416
Dutch Lawmakers Call for Halt to Wood Energy Subsidies 0216
Polish Government Chokes on Coal 1215
British Court Rejects Donald Trump’s Attempt to Block Wind Farm 1215
Missing Climate Goals, Dutch Mull Closing Coal Plants 1115
Britain’s Prince Charles Links Syria War to Climate Change 1115
Most of Britain's Major Cities Pledge to Run on Green Energy by 2050 - 1115
UK Is Harking Back to the Energy System of the Last Century 1115
UK's Coal Plants 'to Be Phased Out within 10 Years' 1115
European Parliament Members Back CH4, NH3 Limits 1015
EU Climate Chief Hails Global Progress on Emissions 1015
U.K. Said to Consider Closing All Coal-Fired Plants by 2023 - 1015
Join the 4‰ Initiative Soils for Food Security and Climate 0915
Party Leaders in Scotland Make Climate Change Pledge, CO2 Down 42% by 2020 - 0815
Slashing Household Solar Subsides Will Kill Off UK Industry 0815
EU Politicians Back 2019 Carbon Market Reform Start 0715
Court Orders Dutch Government to Cut Carbon Emissions Steeper 0615
Sinful Coal a Problem for the Religious Pole 0615
How Europe’s Climate Policies Have Led to More Trees Being Cut Down in the US 0615
Rudd's ‘Green Light' as Climate Secretary 0515
Tory Victory a Huge Blow to UK Green Energy Industry, Campaigners Warn 0515
EU Diplomats Approve Proposal to Start CO2 Market Reform in 2019 - 0515
EU Carbon Permit Prices Rise, as Nations Agree to Seek 2021 Start to Fix 0315
London Mayor Told to Divest £4.8 Billion Pension Fund from Fossil Fuels 0315
Europe Submits UN Climate Pledge, Urges US, China to Follow 0315
European Carbon Market Reform Set for 2019 - 0215
EU Policy Mash Roils Markets Before Paris Climate Deal 0215
3 UK Party Leaders Sign Joint Climate Pledge 0215
EU Policy-Makers Seek to Make Electric Transport a 'Priority' 0215
EU Politicians Seek to Revive Sluggish Carbon Market 0115
Warm Weather Sinking EU Emissions-Market Plans 0115
Germany's Planned CO2 Cuts to Dampen EU Demand for Certificates 1214
E.U. Greenhouse Gas Deal Falls Short of Expectations 1014
EU Leaders Agree on CO2 Emissions Cut 1014
Europe Emission Targets ‘Will Fail to Protect Climate’ 1014
Eastern Europe Attacks Planned EU Emissions Curbs 1014
Coal Trains Stopped in UK and Poland Protests 0914
Green Village to Be Bulldozed to Mine Lignite, as Germany Goes Non-Nuclear 0914
Dirtiest Fuel Threatens 700-Year-Old Villages in Europe 0814
Britain Joins US in Ending Coal Power Support Overseas 1113
EU Carbon Price Rallies on Permit Supply Cutback 0913
EU Move to Fix Carbon Market Praised 0713
EU Committee Backs Ban on Potent Coolant GHGs 0613
Failure to Reform Europe’s Carbon Market to Echo Round the World 0413
Europe's Carbon Market Limps On 0213
Mankind Must Go Green or Die, Prince Charles 1112
Prince Charles Warns - Act Before It's Too Late 0612
EU Targets CO2 in Farms and Forests 0312
Russia's Putin Sees Climate Change in Record Heat Wave 0810
EU to Make Renewables Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels 0610
Panel Clears Jones in Climategate 0310
French Carbon Tax Struck Down 1209
British Prime Minister Warns of Climate Catastrophe 1009
France Set to Impose Carbon Tax 0909
Merkel’s Green Shift Backfires, as German Pollution Jumps 0713
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