http://www.euractiv.comLatests DocumentsUNEenSat, 17 May 2008 07:30:26 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/industry-deal-key-eu-climate-efforts-commission/article-172432?Ref=RSS With global negotiations for an international agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol "hardly progressing", the EU is keen to assuage industry concerns about rising emissions costs and prevent plant delocalisation, the Commission said on 15 May.Fri, 16 May 2008 10:45:00 GMTtcm:29-172432-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/reviewing-eu-emissions-trading-system/article-172390?Ref=RSS The EU ETS has been a relative success considering the challenges it has faced and should serve as an example in the current US climate policy debate, argue Denny Ellerman and Paul Joskow in a May 2008 report for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.Thu, 15 May 2008 12:30:00 GMTtcm:29-172390-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/europe-energy-revolution-shape/article-172272?Ref=RSS As the EU's energy liberalisation drive heats up, European consumers may be wondering when and in what shape the EU's new energy policy will begin to transform the way energy is produced and consumed, and if the change will mean lower prices or higher industry profits.Fri, 9 May 2008 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-172272-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/patents-battleground-climate-change/article-172192?Ref=RSS Using patents to block competitors must not be allowed to creep into the eco-innovation sector as many believe it has in the area of communication and information technologies, writes Alison Brimelow, the president of the European Patents Office. Wed, 7 May 2008 11:00:00 GMTtcm:29-172192-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/mep-calls-mandatory-co2-capture-2025/article-172190?Ref=RSS UK Liberal MEP Chris Davies wants all existing fossil fuel power plants to be retrofitted with CO2 capture and storage technology by 2025, and is calling for a moratorium on new plant constructions after 2015 unless the facilities are able to prevent 90% of their CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere.Wed, 7 May 2008 10:55:00 GMTtcm:29-172190-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/us-adopt-comprehensive-cap-trade-system/article-172136?Ref=RSS Growing public concern, scientific evidence and action at local level provides ample motivation to adopt a CO2 emissions regime at the federal level in the US, claims Harvard Professor Robert Stavins in a 14 April discussion paper for the Belfer Center at Harvard University.Tue, 6 May 2008 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-172136-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/interview-huge-co2-cuts-coal-2020/article-172097?Ref=RSS The EU should adopt a strict timeline with mandatory requirements to ensure that all new coal-fired power plants are capturing and storing the CO2 they emit by 2030, says UK Liberal MEP Chris Davies. He spoke to EurActiv in an interview.Mon, 5 May 2008 10:55:00 GMTtcm:29-172097-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/mep-davies-coal-big-gains-co2-storage-2020/article-172102?Ref=RSS By 2030, all new coal-fired power plants built in the EU should be using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in order to reduce their CO2 impact, UK Liberal MEP Chris Davies told EurActiv in an interview.Mon, 5 May 2008 05:50:15 GMTtcm:29-172102-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/oecd-backs-green-economy-push/article-172071?Ref=RSS Competitiveness challenges associated with the shift towards a low-carbon economy are real but manageable, according to environment ministers from the 30 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), who debated the issue in Paris this week (28-29 April).Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:45:00 GMTtcm:29-172071-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/oil-companies-attacked-resisting-climate-targets/article-172059?Ref=RSS Claims made by oil companies that an EU target to slash greenhouse gases emitted during the production, transport and use of fuels by 10% by 2020 is unachievable are false, according to a new report published by green NGO Friends of the Earth.Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:50:00 GMTtcm:29-172059-16