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Global Briefing: EU emissions fall but SUVs drive up transport CO2

Business Green

per cent in 2019, largely thanks to the ongoing decarbonisation of the heat and power industry through the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS), European Environment Agency (EEA) shows. Greenhouse gas emissions across the European Union's 27 member states fell by an average of 3.8 EU carbon border import tax plans take shape.

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Virginia Mandates 100% Clean Power by 2050

GreenTechMedia

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power.