December 20th, 2017 A proposal from Europe’s environment and energy ministers to remove tighter limits on the use of biofuels put forward by the European Commission has come under fire from environmental groups who point to the potential rise in emissions and deforestation in origin countries. At the Energy Council earlier this Read more…
November 22nd, 2017 A newly released document highlights the Irish Government’s attempts to water down a European Directive to promote the use of renewable energy across the European Union. The document released last Friday outlines Irish comments on the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) sent to the Council of Read more…
October 24th, 2017 The decision of the European Parliament’s environment committee to phase out support for certain biodiesels is welcome but doesn’t go far enough to ensure sustainability, a top European environmental NGOs has said. MEPs voted yesterday evening to ban the use of biodiesel from all vegetable oils by Read more…
