Czech's NAP - much too restrictive

Daniel Domanovsky, strategic director at Evolution Menert, comments that the Czech allocation plan proposal "pushes back the baseline period for Czech energy production to the years 1999-2001" and "reduces it furthermore by 2 percent. Besides that, it... more

Why a traditional spreadsheet solution will not suffice in the ETS scheme?

As we all now know the deadline for the Emissing Trading Scheme (ETS) programme is drawing near. The official deadline is January 1st 2005 with the first series of reports having to be produced by March of... more

Most UK companies will fail to meet CO2 emissions regulations deadline

54 per cent of UK companies could face penalties running into millions of euros because they will not be ready in time to comply with new EU regulations on CO2 reduction. According to a European study by LogicaCMG, one in five UK companies have yet to... more

US invites Poland to join Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum

US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham has invited Poland to become the seventeenth member of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), an international climate change initiative that focuses on the development of carbon capture and storage... more

Commission says German NAP too generous: reports

The European Union Commission has requested that Germany make changes to its carbon dioxide emission certificates allocation plan, according to press reports. The German government received a letter from EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström... more

European level complaint issued on Northern Ireland's waste problem

A barrier of denial and overall complacency within the Northern Irish Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) has lead to a plethora of waste problems presenting hazards to the environment and local communities, a campaign group has said. This is the... more

The European Commission announces infringement proceedings against NAP slackers.

The European Commission declared that it would start infringement proceedings against six Member States for failing to submit their National Allocation Plans (NAPs) under the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS)... more