EPG: Emergency short-term solutions should be combined with measures for a smooth and sustainable post-crisis recovery
EPG pleads for the need of an economic recovery plan as response to the Covid-19 crisis, especially in Romania and…
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Ministry of the Environment: Applications for car subsidy programs are submitted exclusively online
The submission of the funding files for accessing the “Rabla Classic” and “Rabla Plus” programs is done exclusively online, and…
Have your say for the new LIFE programme – consultation launched!
The European Commission has launched an online consultation to seek input on the future content and implementation of the LIFE…
EU carbon market emissions (excluding aviation) fell 8.7% in 2019
Greenhouse gas emissions regulated under Europe’s carbon market fell by 8.7% last year, according to preliminary like-for-like European Commission data…
Eddie Rich , IHA: UN climate conference postponed, threat of climate change must remain a priority
Bogdan Tudorache The next United Nations climate conference (COP26), to be hosted by the UK government in November 2020, has…
Maciej Jakubik, CEEP: The EU energy transition will go on, though at slowed-down pace
“The show must go on!” – this is the approach of Mr. Frans Timmermans, the EU Commission executive vice-president in…
The investment fund of Abris Capital buys Eltex Recycling
The private equity fund managed by Abris Capital has acquired Eltex Recycling, a company active in the field of waste…
Alexe: Instead of recycling more than 50% of waste, the target for 2020, we are throwing to landfill 85%
Romania throws at the garbage dump 85% of what is collected from the population instead of recycling over 50% of…
EU sticks to carbon reporting deadlines, rejects industry calls
An EU-wide April 30 deadline for firms to surrender emissions trading system (ETS) carbon allowances will stand, the European Commission…
Poland says virus fallout makes it ”even more difficult” to hit EU climate goals
Poland, which relies heavily on coal-fired power stations, will find it even tougher to achieve the European Union’s climate goals…
Devices in standby-mode cost German households nearly 450,000 euro per hour
Electronic devices turned into standby-mode cost German households about 448,000 euro per hour, power price comparison website Check24 has found.…
It’s official: PMB has repealed the Oxygen vignette
Bogdan Tudorache The General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest (CGMB) on Tuesday repealed the ecological vignette Oxigen, whereby polluting…
Power lines for trucks could save German road freight emissions – study
A 3,200-kilometre network of overhead power lines (catenary) for hybrid trucks would cut Germany’s road freight emissions by a fifth…
Opposition FDP politician calls for delaying CO2 price due to coronavirus
The economic crisis caused in Germany by the coronavirus has led to first calls to postpone the country’s CO2 price…
Panic on the stock markets decreases the quotations of the emission certificates, for the benefit of the CE Oltenia
Recent declines in world stock exchanges and lower barrel prices have led to a decline in carbon emissions certificates (EU-ETS).…
EU should scrap emissions trading scheme, Polish official says
The European Union should scrap its Emissions Trading System or exempt Poland from the scheme, which helps combat global warming,…
The program subsidizing the purchase of classic and purely hybrid cars began on Tuesday
The “Rabla Classic” program for 2020 started on Tuesday, at 1:00 pm, through the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM), informs the…
Environment Minister: We are on site daily and we check waste dumps, combustion stations and sorting stations
The environmental problems must be completed and, during this difficult period for Romania and Europe, we are on site, checking…
Ministry of Environment: Bucharest is breathing a less polluted air today
In the last week, the concentrations of all pollutants monitored were well below the limit values. Every day, there were…
Bucharest districts and General City Hall, fined for the non-fulfillment of the integrated Air Quality Plan
The district City halls and the General City Hall of Bucharest were fined by the National Environmental Guard (GNM) with…
Alexe: CET Grozaveşti, fined 100,000 lei for not notifying APM Bucharest that it used fuel oil
The pollution in Bucharest registered on the night of March 1 to 2 was represented by a multitude of factors,…
ELCEN: There has been no exceeding of emission limits
ELCEN transparently and justifiably rejects any biased statements that link the level of excessive pollution recorded in Bucharest on the…
Minister of the Environment: An action to be taken as a priority is to rethink the use of resources
An action that needs to be addressed as a priority is to rethink how resources are used, and for rational…