Fridays for Future Romania activists have joined the global SOS Amazon campaign
Fridays for Future Romania activists in several cities have joined the global SOS Amazon campaign, which aims to draw attention…
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Velux Group is engaging, in partnership with WWF, to cut its carbon footprint
Velux Group is committed to reducing its future carbon emissions and capturing its historic carbon footprint since the company’s inception…
EU: New rules on greener and safer cars
The EU regulation on car type-approval and market surveillance, which significantly revises and limits the previous type-approval and market surveillance…
Minister of Environment: Subsidy program for e-cars to be supplemented by 60 mln. lei
The budget of the Rabla Plus Program will be supplemented with 60 million lei and will reach 200 million lei…
Russia protests against the EU’s intention to impose a carbon tax on imported products
Moscow protested against the European Union’s intention to introduce a carbon tax levied on products imported by the EU bloc…
Finland rewards citizens with eco-responsible behavior
The city of Lahti in Finland offers its residents transport tickets and food as rewards for eco-responsible behavior, to stimulate…
EU intends to issue green bonds and social bonds to finance its relaunch fund
European Union plans to issue green bonds and social bonds to finance part of its €750 billion relaunch fund, a…
Germany launches its first green bond issuance
Germany announced on Monday (24 August) details of its first “green” bond placing, tapping financial markets to fund environmental projects…
Thunberg, activists tell Merkel during meeting to ”abandon fossil industry contracts”
Greta Thunberg and other youth climate activists have called on Chancellor Angela Merkel to review her government’s treatment of the…
Environment agenda: EU climate talks enter decisive phase
The European Commission will table proposals next month to raise the EU’s climate target for 2030, amid warnings from Eastern…
Bankwatch: Citizens can get involved in the management of European funds for environmental protection
Stakeholders, trade unions, employers and non-governmental organizations can get involved in better management of European funds in the period 2021-2027,…
UK has taken another step towards giving up coal
The closure of the Bradley mine in the north of England marks a new step towards giving up coal in…
E.ON has become a member of the European Alliance for Clean Hydrogen
Early July, the European Union unveiled its hydrogen strategy. Its aim is to achieve climate targets by expanding its use…
Alexe: Parliament approves compost law, recycling awareness campaigns to be launched
Parliament recently approved the compost law, so all Romania’s territorial administrative units are required to organize separate collection of the…
The decarbonization plan of the Oltenia Energy Complex costs about 7 bln. lei
The investments involved in the restructuring plan of the Oltenia Energy Complex, the country’s second largest producer of electricity in…
Accumulation of plastic waste amid the pandemic is a matter of concern in Europe
Falling oil prices could reduce demand for recycled plastics, which could create problems for the European Union’s plans to increase…
Germany’s CDU Economic Council rejects ECB role in climate action
The German business association CDU Economic Council, associated with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, opposes plans by the…
H. Adrian (Holcim): Green Deal means huge investment needs for cement plants
Holcim maintained its activity in Romania with no incidents caused by Covid-19. “During this period, our first concern was the…
OMV Petrom becomes the first company in Romania to support the TCFD recommendations
OMV Petrom announces its support for the recommendations issued by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) on climate…
Bankwatch: Decarbonisation must be supported by ambitious funding programs and targets
Bogdan Tudorache Romania needs an integrated plan to use European funds from 2021-2027 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring…
Alexe: Romania will have 24 billion euro for green projects
Romania will have at its disposal 24 billion euro for green projects, out of the total of almost 80 billion…
Norway’s €2.1bn carbon-capture mega-project gets approval
The Norwegian government’s decision to fund the scale-up of carbon-capture-storage (CCS) technology with more than €2 billion got the green…
Majority of Germans say climate action a priority despite coronavirus challenge
Climate action remains a priority for most people in Germany even as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic are challenging…