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US warns EU of harsh consequences if Iran sanctions are circumvented
By Nicholas Waller
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Why “data is the new oil” and what happens when energy meets Industry 4.0
By Nicholas Waller
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EU Commissioner calls for more prevention to deal with climate change
By Kostis Geropoulos
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EU supports clean energy transition in island communities
By New Europe Online/KG
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Romania in need of reform to harness wind energy
By New Europe Online/KG
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epa05844560 A general view of the Kharg oil terminal at the Kharg Island, in Persian Gulf, southern Iran, 12 March 2017. According to estimates, Kharg oil terminal handles 98 per cent of Iran's crude exports. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Fears of a supply glut next spring weakens oil prices
By Kostis Geropoulos
Analysis
epa04380750 Pipes at gas compressor station in the eastern Slovak town of Velke Kapusany, near the border with Ukraine, Slovakia, 02 September 2014. Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk travelled to Slovakia to attend the opening of a gas pipeline that would send Russian gas back to Ukraine. The so-called reverse flow has been criticized by Russian energy giant Gazprom as a breach of existing contracts. The pipeline will transport some 10bcm of natural gas to Ukraine per year. EPA/FILIP SINGER
We need to talk about oil & gas
By Nicholas Waller
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epaselect epa07078256 Cars queue in the usually heavy early morning traffic congestion on the 'Rue de la Loi', or 'Wetstraat', in the European district in central Brussels, Belgium, 08 October 2018. One day ahead of the EU Environment Ministers meeting expected to adopt the EU's position for the upcoming UN Climate Summit COP24, the world's leading body of climate scientists gave strong scientific evidence for the need to keep temperature rise to 1.5 C. The new IPCC report, ordered and endorsed by all world's governments, showed that many of the dire consequences of future warming can be avoided by respecting this limit. It also confirmed that it is still possible, but requires a rapid and far-reaching shift across all sectors of the economy. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
EU, UN seek compromise ahead of COP24 climate talks
By Kostis Geropoulos
Column
epa06031689 (FILE) - The logo of the company Nord Stream is fixed to the landing station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream in Lubmin near Greifswald, Germany, 08 November 2011, (reissued 16 June 2017). Media reports on 16 June 2017 state that German and Austrian companies who are investing in the Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline to the EU are going to be hit hard if the US bill extending sanctions Russia?s aggression in Ukraine goes into law. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern in a joint statement said, Europe's energy supplies were 'a matter for Europe, not for the United States.' EPA/STEFAN SAUER GERMANY OUT
With an eye on Nord Stream-2, EU Gas Directive debate heats up
By Kostis Geropoulos
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Sustainable portfolio steering
By Marijn Vervoorn
By Martijn Eikelenboom
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Jean-Claude Juncker, Bill Gates, Carlos Moedas
EU and Bill Gates launch clean energy fund to tackle climate change
By New Europe Online/KG
Analysis
epa06995602 Delegates attend the 2018 Beijing Summit of The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 04 September 2018. EPA-EFE/LINTAO ZHANG / POOL
Trump establishes US International Development Finance Corporation
By Alec Mally
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epa07080126 German State Secretary for the Environment Jochen Flasbarth (L) and Spanish Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera (R) at the start of the Environment Council meeting in Luxembourg, 09 October 2018. The Environment Council will focus on CO2 emission standards, climate change and biodiversity. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND
EU Council adopts conclusions on climate change
By New Europe Online/KG
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Rick Perry, Maros Šefčovič and Miguel Arias Cañete, from left to right.
UN and EU urge world to limit global warming to 1.5°C
By New Europe Online/KG
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Event on Interregional Partnership on Batteries
EU regions scale-up joint projects in advanced materials for batteries
By New Europe Online/KG
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In Greece, EU sees transition to sustainability, energy security
By Kostis Geropoulos
Analysis
epa05017729 Greenpeace activists on the gate of the Volkswagen (VW) plant in Wolfsburg stage a protest using the company logo as part of their slogan: 'CO 2' The problem', in Wolfsburg, Germany, 09 November 2015. Media reports state that the latest emissions scandal at Volkswagen is based on information provided by a VW engineer. The employee of the automaker's research and development department at the company headquarters in Wolfsburg reportedly informed his supervisors about the deception involving carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the end of October. EPA/PETER STEFFEN
How will Central and Eastern Europe respond to a far more impactful (mobility) transition?
By Nolan Theisen
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epa07017579 A lake of molten ice from the Rhone Glacier is pictured prior to a visit of the micro organism sample collection site of the Center for Changing Alpine and Polar Environments of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Obergoms, Switzerland, 13 September 2018. By collecting and analyzing micro organisms from some of the world's biggest glacier-fed streams in the upcoming years, the team of EPFL scientists aims to understand how the microbial life has adapted to extreme environments, additionally allowing to unravel some of the implications of vanishing glaciers as a result of climate change. EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD PICTURE TAKEN WITH A DRONE
EU works with cities to accelerate disruptive clean technologies’ deployment
By New Europe Online/KG
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EU to discuss future of global wind energy in Hamburg
By New Europe Online/KG
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epa04602123 (FILE) A file picture dated 28 October 2009 showing the logo of oil company BP at the company's German headquarters in Bochum, Germany. BP's quarterly profits fell by 20 per cent to 2.2 billion dollars in the last three months of 2014 due to plunging oil prices, the energy giant said 03 February 2015. The fourth quarter fall took BP's annual profits to 12.1 billion dollars, 10 per cent below the 2013 figure. It reported a replacement-cost loss of 969 million dollars for the quarter. The company said it plans to reduce spending on oil and gas exploration this year and postpone or curtail 'marginal projects.' EPA/BERND THISSEN
BP: Global LNG supplies more than doubling by 2040
By Kostis Geropoulos
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Ireland Dublin:Commissioner Arias Canete ,at the opening session of the 10th Citizens Energy Forum,Dublin Castle – Printworks Conference Centre, Dame Street, Dublin 2,Thursday 20th September 2018.
Cañete: EU clean energy transition must remain beneficial for consumers
By New Europe Online/KG
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Jean-Claude Juncker
EU Commission President backs target cuts for CO2 emissions by 2030
By Kostis Geropoulos
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Covenant of Mayors ' From Paris to Katowice: Speeding up the transition towards decarbonised and resilient cities '
Global Covenant of Mayors agree emissions cuts equal to removing all US cars off the road
By New Europe Online/KG
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Greece’s Thessaloniki International Fair focuses on the American factor
By Alec Mally
Analysis
epa06945531 (FILE) - Two sailors walk in front of the oil derricks on the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan, 07 October 2005 (reissued 12 August 2018). The leaders of five countries bordering the Caspian Sea - Caspian Five Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan - plan tosign the Convention of the legal status of the Caspian Sea at the Aktau summit on 12 August. It is expected to clarify the resources-rich Caspian Sea's status of whether being a lake or a sea, and ban non-littoral states from mliitary presence in the world's largest enclosed inland body of water. EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY
With a landmark Caspian agreement in place, key legal issues remain for neighbouring littoral states
By Marika Karayianni
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epa06669442 Russia's UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya addresses a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 14 April 2018. EPA-EFE/JASON SZENES
Russia blocks UN report detailing North Korea’s sanctions violations
By New Europe Online/KG