GREEN EYE ON THE EU’S CLIMATE EFFORT
– EU carbon tax back on the agenda…kind of
– Proposed EU rules on biofuels riddled with loopholes
– Deal agreed on banning illegal timber from EU market
– Finland set to build new nuclear reactors, as ITER nuclear fusion project hits trouble
– EU debating rules on CO2 emissions from vans
– Greens call for stronger rules on offshore oil drilling in the EU
– Fossil fuel subsidies to be extended under EU Commission proposal
ROUND-UP – CLIMATE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
– Divisions renewed, amidst limited progress at UN climate talks in Bonn
– Oil spill affects US energy and climate bill debate
– Climate legislation back on the agenda in Japan, Australia and New Zealand
– Global and EU emissions and global temperatures in this month’s climate science round-up
WHAT’S ON
– Calendar of some key events this month and next month
