2015-1
Acid News
Bridge to nowhere
Is natural gas a “bridge” to a sustainable energy system? That is what the gas industry has been saying for decades. But the bridge is not needed. Sustainable technology is here now.
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Editorial: 1.5°C to stay alive
Greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced drastically to avoid dangerous climate change due to rising global temperature and to fulfil the objective of the 1992 UN Climate Convention.
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Flexibilities threaten emission cuts from MCPs
Member states want to water down proposed new emission standards for medium-sized combustion plants, and there is now a risk that the European Parliament will push for even more exemptions.
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Falling costs for renewable energy
A report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) highlights the plummeting costs for renewable energy – making renewable energy more competitive then ever.
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EU industrial air pollution cost up to €189 billion per year
The cost of damage caused by pollutant emissions into the air from the largest 14,000 industrial facilities in 2012 has been estimated as at least €59-189 billion, and half of the total cost was caused by just one per cent of the industrial plants.
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Air pollution prevails in Germany
In 2014, levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exceeded the EU air quality limit value at about half of the monitoring stations on busy roads, according to preliminary evaluations by the German Federal Environment Agency ..
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German experts: Nitrogen cuts urgently needed
Excessive emissions of nitrogen compounds into the environment pose a threat to human health, waterways, biodiversity, and the climate.
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Norwegian CCS ambitions might move to the EU
Norway wants an agreement with the EU on collective delivery of a common climate target. This could make it easier to finance a full-scale CCS plant in one of the EU member states.
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Modest growth of renewables in EU area
An EEA report shows modest growth in renewable energy consumption with a dominance by PV and wind in 2013. Another study claims that the integration of around 60 per cent ..
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Enforcement of ship sulphur standards
Member states must carry out inspections on at least one-tenth of the ships calling each year, and test the fuel on at least 20–40 per cent of the inspected ships.
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