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EU targets 15 pct reduction in gas use by next spring

With Europe facing the risk of further gas supply cuts by Russia, the European Commission put forward Wednesday a European Gas Demand Reduction Plan to…

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Commission supports the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance to reduce EU dependency on Russian gas

The Commission is hosting the fourth Forum of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. Members of the Alliance will discuss the Commission’s REPowerEU Plan, which sets…

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MEPs reject plan to greenwash gas and nuclear power

Two key European Parliament committees rejected Tuesday the classification of fossil gas and nuclear power as environmentally sustainable under the EU’s so-called Taxonomy. The Taxonomy…

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New Polish gas plants will cost taxpayers billions, derail green transition: study

  Poland’s plans to build five new gas power plants will cost more than investments into renewables and undermine efforts to reach net zero emissions,…

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New Study Predicts Urban Development and Greenhouse Gases will Fuel Urban Floods

When rain began falling in northern Georgia on Sept. 15, 2009, little did Atlantans know that they would bear witness to epic flooding throughout the…

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Greenhouse gas emissions in EU fall to lowest level in three decades

Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU-27 decreased by 3.7 per cent in 2019 year-on-year, as GDP grew by 1.5%, the EU Commission said in a…

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EU parliament votes to allow some gas projects to get green transition money

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Trump administration proposes easing oil and gas permitting in national forests

The Trump administration on Monday issued a proposal that would make it easier to permit oil and gas drilling operations in national forests, angering environmental…

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Turkey ready for talks without preconditions with Greece over ‘very critical’ gas dispute

Turkey said on Tuesday it was ready for talks with Greece in their growing row over eastern Mediterranean natural gas without any preconditions. But the…

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Germany continues viewing Nord Stream 2 as economic project

Germany continues viewing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as an economic project and Berlin does not support unilateral economic sanctions of the United States…

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Turkey Moves To Reduce Reliance On Russian Gas

According to Turkish state-owned Botas, cited by Interfax, the Turkish Stream pipeline will stop completely on July 27. Botas is the purchaser of all gas…

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Studies show global methane emissions rising due to oil, gas, agriculture

Two new studies show United States oil and gas drilling along with agricultural production worldwide are driving up global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse…

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Spotlight on feedstocks: Carbon-loving materials designed to reduce industrial emissions

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical…

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WA’s World Heritage listed Ningaloo Reef on oil, gas exploration map

An early proposal that could lead to waters off Western Australia’s pristine World Heritage listed areas being opened up to oil and gas exploration has…

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Government of Canada Supports Water Projects Through Gas Tax Fund

The Government of Canada is providing support through the Gas Tax Fund for a number of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater projects across the country….

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Spain to join group of first movers off oil and gas

On May 19, 2020, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a Draft Bill on Climate Change and Energy Transition which sets out the country’s overarching…

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Poland prepares a new blow to Russian gas supplies to Europe

Following the failure of the Nord Stream 2 project, which came under U.S. sanctions and did not receive regulatory benefits from the German Federal Network…

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