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China’s Clean-Air Drive Likely to Take a Long Time

Every so often, an extraordinary image makes the rounds on the Internet that shows an ominous gray cloud over the Beijing area, as seen from a satellite. Rather than a rain cloud, it is a shroud of pollution, the type that has caused fear and anger in China’s worst-hit cities. But China’s pollution, while extremely severe, is not unique, and efforts by other countries, like Britain and the United States, to conquer dirty air may hold lessons for China’s future.

Fracking Rules Set in Spain to Boost Shale Gas, Oil Work

Spain completed ground rules for oil and gas drillers to use hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, spurring shale-exploration projects by endorsing the contested technology that they need. The main oil-exploration law was modified to specifically allow the water-intensive drilling technique in legislation published today that becomes effective tomorrow. In the same law, fracking projects across Spain will now be required to meet environmental-impact rules. That means the use of pressurized water and chemicals to break up rocks to unlock fuel may be scrutinized for potential impacts on aquifers to air quality.

Shale Gas Revolution Not Coming To China Anytime Soon

Shale gas has upended U.S. energy markets, cutting oil imports to their lowest level in two decades. Can China pull off the same feat? It has already passed the U.S. as the biggest buyer of oil cargoes and by far the largest burner of coal, which explains the noxious air pollution that cloaks its northern cities. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of underground reserves offers a way to cut emissions while feeding heating systems and power plants. It now accounts for around 40% of U.S. natural gas production. The topic was certainly on the agenda of visiting U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, who met with Chinese government officials and oil-industry executives during a three-day visit that ended Wednesday. At a media briefing on Wednesday, Moniz said there was a strong interest in both countries in collaborating on unconventional oil and gas. “We have a lot of practices to share,” he said.

Quanto sono sostenibili le aziende italiane

Nati nel 1999 i Dow Jones Sustainability Indeces (DJSI), sono i più importanti indici borsistici mondiali di valutazione della responsabilità sociale delle imprese. L’ultima revisione dell’indice di mercato globale pubblicata a settembre 2013 ha incluso 333 aziende su un totale di 2.500 candidabili, di cui 12 italiane, molte delle quali confermano la loro presenza pluriennale nell’indice.

EU environment ministers call for ‘ambitious’ 2030 climate goals

Thirteen European environment ministers and dozens of business leaders urged the European Union on Monday to adopt “ambitious”energy and climate goals for 2030 to create a low-carbon economy inEurope to spur investment. In a 40-page document released at a green growth conference in Brussels, they also said the 28-nation bloc should reform the structure of the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) and offer a strict emissions cut pledge at a climate summit next autumn.

Europarlamento dà ok finale piano azione per 2020

Via libera definitivo dell’Europarlamento al nuovo piano d’azione dell’Ue sul fronte ambientale fino al 2020. Gli eurodeputati hanno colto l’occasione anche per fare appello agli Stati membri affinchè d’ora in poi facciano rispettare più rigorosamente la normativa ambientale. Il programma Ue spazia in tutti i campi, dai cambiamenti climatici alla gestione dell’oro blu. “Gli interventi a livello ambientale comportano costi, così come il non fare nulla, ma sicuramente generano benefici che autorità pubbliche e investitori privati non possono permettersi di ignorare” ha commentato l’eurodeputato francese Gaston Franco (Ppe), relatore del testo già concordato con Commissione e Consiglio Ue.