Brussels Briefing on Energy – April 2013
Brussels Briefing on Energy: May European Summit, Climate & Energy framework for 2030, Renewables & Energy efficiency in buildings
Joe Hennon, Environment Spokesman for the European Commission, met with leading environment journalist Sonja van Renssen to discuss Shale Gas.
“Shale Gas could be an important source of energy” says Hennon.
Brussels Briefing on Energy: May European Summit, Climate & Energy framework for 2030, Renewables & Energy efficiency in buildings
Story on the future of an EU Shale Gas Policy, with an overview of how the US is conducting is own shale gas policy
“The first line of environmental defence for hydraulic fracturing is the construction of the well.”
”If the Emissions Trading Scheme [ETS] is to function properly as intended, the price of carbon probably should be at a higher level.”
Spokeswoman of the European Commission discusses the new EU rules for safer and more environmental trucks.
The Greens Group’s point of view on the European Commission’s Green Paper on the 2030 Energy and Climate Framework.
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, European Commission Spokeswoman, discusses the Climate and Energy 2030 Green Paper.
“What manufacturers are not allowed to do is to bank them, and that for me was a red line in the negotiations.”
“If some countries or someone thinks, we have passed the stress-test, we are safe, that is a problem. That is the starting point in the loss of the safety culture.”