climate and energy directive News
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EU urged to green electricity and gas liberalisation directives
INFORSE-Europe urges the countries and the European Parliament to amend the proposed 3rd electricity and gas liberalisation packet, to be in line with the new EU energy and climate policies. The directives must support more clearly renewable energy, energy efficiency, and Combined Heat and Power (CHP), the three main solutions that the EU countries have agreed upon to implement climate policy ...
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First cars, now renewables - EU governments failing climate tests
Yesterday’s outcomes of the internal EU negotiations on the EU Renewables Directive caused an outcry of anger with environmental organisations. The policy of the French Presidency to give each Member State a veto led Italy to block an overall agreement on the Directive. On top of this the Parliament representatives, under strong pressure from the French Presidency, gave up essential conditions ...
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Direct energy named a best corporate citizen by corporate knights magazine
Direct Energy, a leading integrated energy company with Canadian head offices based in Toronto, was named for the second consecutive year to the Corporate Knights magazine annual ranking as a Top Foreign Corporate Citizen in Canada 2010. This is the second national corporate responsibility accolade Direct Energy has received in 2010. Direct Energy was also named to the Maclean"s Top 50 Socially ...
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Interior Department Advances Three Key Solar Projects in California
The Department of the Interior announced this week it has approved two solar projects with a third nearing final completion on public lands in Riverside County, Calif., underscoring the Department's commitment to promoting onshore renewable energy production. The three projects will generate roughly 1 gigawatt of power and are the first projects approved under the Desert Renewable Energy ...
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Obama to limit carbon at power plants
President Barack Obama's national plan to combat climate change will include the first-ever regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, as well as increased production of renewable energy on public lands and federally assisted housing, environmental groups briefed on the plan said Monday. In a major speech Tuesday at Georgetown University, Obama will announce that ...
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