]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/europe Blog Articles Tagged with 'europe' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/151268?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Crude oil futures retreated Tuesday to just over $52 a barrel due to unremitting signs of weak global demand, and Russia may coordinate output cuts with OPEC, Bloomberg reports. Natural gas prices will remain soft, tooa new report says gas oversupply... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/151268?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:54:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/151264?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Crude oil futures rebounded to $52 in the wake of Chinas interest rate cuts, but the gloomy outlook for Chinese and global growth is still feeding the bears. Merrill Lynch slashed its 2009 oil price forecast to $50 from $90 and says OPEC is powerless... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/151264?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:52:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/151263?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Leila Abboud reports:For the past two years, Lord Nicholas Stern has been the standard-bearer of the most aggressive approach to curbing emissions to limit the fallout from global warming, influencing government policy from the U.K. to Australia and ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/151263?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:52:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/151289?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Legislation and PolicyOver at the GM Inside News forums, a poster has put up an interesting proposal to help the automakers and jump start the economy. Some elements of this have already put forward previously, but a warning... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/151289?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150949?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Europe is moving closer to finalizing a new fuel quality law which will require fuel suppliers to cut full life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from road fuels by 6% between 2010 and 2020.ENDS (Environmental Data Services) reports that the cuts are ex... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150949?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/151294?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, Chrysler, Nissan, South/Latin AmericaAs we told you last January, Nissan is going to build a small Versa-based car for Chrysler. We now find news that production is set to start in early 2009 at Nissan's Aguascalien... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/151294?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/151369?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Already embroiled in legal tangle with Microsoft, Samir Abdalla says company charges at least a third more for its software in Europe than in U.S.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/151369?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:20:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150955?rsstype=tag&tag=europe FT. Ineos has cancelled plans to build four biodiesel plants in Europe. In a statement, the company said that it remained committed to biofuels but was cutting back on all non-essential growth capital expenditure in the face of the continued... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150955?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150960?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Battery costs are the largest hurdle for a successful market for electric vehicles, according to a VW presentation at the conference. Click to enlarge.The German federal government wants to take strong measures towards electric and hybridvehicles in ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150960?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:43:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/150931?rsstype=tag&tag=europe From the WSJ Morning Brief:The United Nations Climate Change Conference that begins in Poznan, Poland, next week will in some ways mark the end of an era. The U.S.'s long-standing opposition to climate regulation is vanishing, offering new opportunit... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/150931?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:45:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/151124?rsstype=tag&tag=europe The ministers in charge of space activities in the European Space Agency's 18 Member States today concluded a successful two-day council meeting in The Hague, agreeing on a 10 billion (US$ 12.9bn) budget to undertake new initiatives in several fie... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/151124?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/151117?rsstype=tag&tag=europe The COP14 climate talks next week are taking place amid circumstances that are drastically changed compared to the last round of negotiations; the world's economy is in severe turmoil. That means one thing - global leaders' resolve to combat climate ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/151117?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:56:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/151119?rsstype=tag&tag=europe When you say the words green car, what comes to mind? Prius first, I suspect. One of the numerous electric cars popping up these days. And perhaps a hydrogen car. So would you be surprised to hear that the winner of last week's Green Car of the Yea... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/151119?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:05:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/151256?rsstype=tag&tag=europe This is my first blog post for NRDC, and with change in the air, it seems like a good time to be writing about what NRDC, our members, colleagues and allies hope will be a wholesale change in the way we address the health and environmental risks pose... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/151256?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:08:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/151309?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Last week's hopes for the future of bluefin tuna have essentially been dashed today as the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting in Morocco comes to a close. Oceana called for a closure of the bluefin tuna fi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/151309?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:40:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/150871?rsstype=tag&tag=europe By John Addison (11/24/08). Nissan is serious about being the leader in electric vehicles by taking a three-step approach: (1) developing a charging infrastructure, (2) seeding the market with EVs in 2010, and (3) leading ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/150871?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:09:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/151332?rsstype=tag&tag=europe In early 1942, the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt directed the entire U.S. auto industry to make a sudden and wholesale switch from producing cars to churning out tanks, armored cars, tank engines, and aircraft propellers. Close to 4 million... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/151332?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:12:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/150649?rsstype=tag&tag=europe John W. Miller reports:For all the pirate attacks that make headlines, like the hijacking of the MV Sirius Star oil tanker off the coast of Kenya this week, hundreds of encounters a year with assailants go unreported. Pirates often approach ships, an... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/150649?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:57:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/150645?rsstype=tag&tag=europe So the race is on to craft environmental legislation for next year. Sen. Barbara Boxer announced her plans to introduce a bill that will put President-elect Obamas climate-change plans in legislative form. Coincidentally or not, Sen. Boxers declarati... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/150645?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:55:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150297?rsstype=tag&tag=europe The 2009 Ecotec 2.0L VVT DI Turbo. Click to enlarge.Fisker Automotive, Inc. will use a GM 2.0-liter, direct injection, turbocharged four-cylinder Ecotec engine in the Fisker Karma, its Extended Range Electric Vehicle. (Earlier post.) Fisker will obta... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150297?rsstype=tag&tag=europe Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0500