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At a time of heightened awareness of the climate crisis and despite committing ten years ago to end such support, five EU countries - one of which is Slovenia - are looking to introduce new fossil

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Oil and gas companies have approved USD 50 billion of investments since 2018 in major projects that undermine the Paris agreement, according to a new report by think tank Carbon Tracker, which warns

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“Regardless of the developmental and remedial measures being continuously taken, the air in many cities is excessively polluted. This is the result of an inadequate combination of furnace fuel at

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Market coupling has so far had a significant impact on the functioning of electricity markets. The field might have been chaotic in the past, whereas now, it is far from it, said Bowei Guo of the

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It is quite absurd that we import Indonesian coal for the Šoštanj thermal power plant (TPP) – and why don’t we simply buy out the Croatian half of the Krško nuclear power plant (NPP) instead of

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Germany is increasingly looking to hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels to end the dependence on coal. Last month the German Economy Ministry announced funding for 20 hydrogen research labs and

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“Electric vehicles (EVs) fundamentally help to reduce emissions in several ways. First, they are more energy efficient, since they use one-third of the energy that combustion vehicles use, and they

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The European Commission (EC) has decided to refer Bulgaria and Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU over poor air quality. Bulgaria is failing to respect limit values of sulphur dioxide (SO2),

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There is potential in today’s power sector to reduce up to 1.2 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions by switching from coal to existing gas-fired plants, if relative prices and regulation support this

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To stay within the Paris climate goals, coal and other fossil fuel power plants would have to shut down early or be retrofitted for carbon capture, according to a new paper published in Nature.

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“In 2018 renewable energy sources (RES) had a 35% share in the net electricity generation mix in Europe. By 2040 the share of RES in the energy mix will rise to 60%, if we take a conservative number

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Ensuring the long-term operation (LTO) of the European nuclear fleet will help Europe achieve its climate goals at an affordable cost, according to a position paper issued by the European nuclear