The Swiss have rejected a premature decommissioning of nuclear power plants On 27 November, the Swiss rejected in a referendum a proposal of the Swiss Green Party, who wanted to limit the lifetime of local nuclear power plants to 45 years. The Green Party actually wanted to close Mühleberg and Beznau NPPs in 2017, Gösgen NPP in 2024 and Leibstadt NPP in 2029. A majority (…
The European Investment Bank plans to increase the support for the Green to…
On 24 November 2016, representatives of the European Union and Ukraine…
Annual report on air quality in Europe published The Copenhagen-based European Environment Agency (EEA) released its annual…
Road map for the renewable electricity trade between Europe and Northern Africa On 17 November, Morocco, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal have signed in…
Australia ratifies Paris climate agreement Australia has ratified its greenhouse gas emission targets. Australia has…
Approaching referendum on Swiss nuclear power plants future After the Fukushima accident, the Swiss Federal Council has adopted the…
OPEC cartel to cap oil production 
