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Recycling e-waste should be a legal requirement in the EU, says report

Envirotec Magazine

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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CBAM Ignites New Era of Equitable Contest in Europe

Hydrogen Fuel News

Incentivizing Green Hydrogen: The CBAM could incentivize the production of green hydrogen , which is produced using renewable energy sources and emits no carbon dioxide. This could lead to breakthroughs in areas such as electrolysis efficiency, carbon capture, and storage, or the use of alternative energy sources for hydrogen production.

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Eurelectric flags urgency to accelerate grid expansion and digitalisation to meet green goals

Smart Energy International

Eurelectric’s Power Barometer 2023 points to positive trends following the peak of the energy crisis but the need to urgently accelerate infrastructure development. The need for anticipatory investments as well as planning was a key finding of Eurelectric’s electricity market design study , which was released earlier in the month.

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

From its source in the Pindos Mountains in north-west Greece to its meeting with the Adriatic Sea in Albania, the Vjosa river flows uninterrupted for more than 270 kilometres, making it the longest free-flowing river in Europe outside of Russia. If the story is not as you want it to be, there is a way to change that story.

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'Private jets must be consigned to history': Greenpeace reveals private jet emissions quadrupled during last year's Davos Summit

Business Green

The report was released on the eve of the WEF's annual Davis Summit, which kicks off next week and is again expected to see hundreds of business and political leaders jet into the Swiss resort. Most notably, the French government is pursuing plans to ban commercial domestic flights where the rail network provides a viable alternative.

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What business needs to know on taking climate action in 2023

Business Green

From clean energy and nature investments to phasing down fossil fuels, We Mean Business Coalition's Maria Mendiluce offers her take on what corporate climate leadership should look like over the coming year. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has produced shocks to the energy and economic system globally. °C pathway.

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December 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Year in Review

Clean Energy Trust

The development of the infrastructure, services and support to enable the rapid electrification of transportation 2. Tangible research, development, and demonstration support for new energy technology was also included in the infrastructure bill. Let’s look at these one by one.