EU adopts final list of products considered to permanently bind CO2
The CO2 contained in construction materials – such as cement, bricks, and tiles – will be considered as “permanently chemically bound” for centuries and qualify as non-emitted under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), according to new rules adopted over the summer.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Refiners see limited growth in e-fuels by 2030, bet on advanced biofuels
European refiners have low expectations for e-fuels production by 2030 and are instead planning to develop advanced biofuels to meet EU climate goals, the sector’s trade association told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Steel sector eyes ‘breakthrough technologies’ to meet EU climate goals
The European steel industry has exhausted almost all options to reduce emissions thanks to efficiency gains and is now looking at “breakthrough technologies” – essentially electrification – to achieve climate neutrality, the sector’s lobby group told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
Read MoreDebate heats up on ‘recycled carbon fuels’ reporting rules under EU ETS
An EU-wide public consultation on greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting rules under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has yielded many reactions on recycled carbon fuels (RCFs) as one of the potential avenues to decarbonise aviation and maritime transport.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Steelmakers flag unsolved issues with CBAM, warn of ‘very high risks’
From definitive default values for imported goods to anti-circumvention rules on trade, there are still plenty of unknowns associated with the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that make the bloc’s carbon tariff a very high risk policy, according to the European steelmakers association, Eurofer.
Read MoreEU’s projected fuel price increase from ETS2 ‘optimistic’, refiners say
Motorists should brace for higher fuel prices at the pump than initially foreseen when the EU fully applies its Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to road transport and heating fuels in 2027, the EU’s refiners association told Carbon Pulse in an exclusive interview.
Read MoreDenmark ‘very concerned’ about draft EU aviation climate reporting rules
Denmark has written to the European Commission to express concerns about draft EU aviation emissions reporting rules, saying the text fails to properly take non-CO2 emissions into account, as requested under the EU ETS.
Read More26 EU countries reprimanded for delay in ETS2 implementation
All EU countries – except Austria – have failed to meet a June 30 deadline to implement the provisions of the EU’s Emissions Trading System related to the pricing of CO2 emissions from road transport and heating fuels, known as ETS2.
Read MoreFood giants come out in defence of EU’s anti-deforestation law
Chocolate makers Nestle, Mars Wrigley, and Ferrero have written to the European Commission to defend the EU’s anti-deforestation regulation amid calls to delay and revise the legislation to reduce bureaucracy for small farmers.
Read MoreSteelmakers throw weight behind EU power market reform to drive decarbonisation
The new ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ outlined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last week should include a reform of EU electricity market rules, so that heavy industries can benefit from low-cost renewable and nuclear energy, EU trade association Eurofer told Carbon Pulse in an exclusive interview.
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