Europe eyes ambitious restructure
8 Mar 2013
MEPs will vote next week on a non-binding but hard-hitting report on the EU’s Energy Roadmap 2050, which calls for the EU to limit the amount of carbon allowances in the EU’s Emissions Trading System, and to consider implementing a carbon price floor.
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Japan is facing several more days of dangerous heat at the same time as two tropical disturbances could develop into tropical storms in southern waters.
The world's largest meat company abandons its climate and deforestation goals
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The strongest El Niño ever
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It looks like this year’s El Niño is not only very likely to be the strongest event since reliable records began – it may end up the strongest by a truly mind-blowing margin.
The rise and fall of the fracking phenomenon
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The fracking boom remade the U.S. economy and global energy markets. It also left behind a complicated legacy of winners, losers and lasting political fights.
