July 5, 2011
Before we get going, let us qualify the following post by saying that the Lib Dem MEPs have been doing a reasonably good job, particularly in areas such as financial regulation and transparency. Unfortunately, they seem to have dug themselves into a bi…
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March 9, 2011
An increasing number of countries in Europe are beginning to suffer from what can best be described as ‘green fatigue’. In fact, the mood has changed radically since March 2007 when EU leaders agreed to their ambitious green targets.This is particularl…
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March 2, 2011
If there ever was a competition for the worst EU policy, the Common Fisheries Policy would probably end up on top. The policy simply has to go.So it’s encouraging that the EU’s Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki yesterday did the right thing…
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November 4, 2010
Following his defeat in the mid-term elections, US President Barack Obama has now announced that he will drop his plans for a cap and trade system to reduce CO2 emissions. The idea behind cap and trade is to put a limit on greenhouse gases and then al…
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The glorious weather in London today has reminded us of a story we noted last month – but have not yet had a chance to share here :-)In these rather gloomy (except today) and dark times of recession and gloom, what could be more uplifting than a holida…
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March 5, 2010
The EU’s new Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Semeta has announced that he is planning to revive previously shelved plans for an EU-wide carbon tax, aiming to set a minimum levy of €10/tonne of CO2 emitted (although the exact level is a bit unclear) fr…
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As national ministers meet this week in Copenhagen to discuss a new climate change deal, Open Europe has found that under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), oil and gas companies’ operations in the UK were granted a surplus of carbon permits wort…
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