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European Union - May 7 2013
On March 26, 2013, the European Commission adopted a consultative paper inviting stakeholder input on how to design a 2015 international agreement…
European Union - May 7 2013
On March 27, 2013, the European Commission published a Green Paper (COM(2013) 169 final) that launches a public consultation on the content of the…
France - November 13 2012
As previously described in The Climate Report, under the EU-ETS Directive, which established the European Union's cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions, as amended by Directive 2009/29/EC of April 23, 2009, and to Regulation No. 1031/2010 of November 12, 2010, the auctioning of emission allowances becomes the rule for the 2013–2020 period, while their allocation for free will become the exception.
European Union, United Kingdom, USA - May 16 2012
On December 21, 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") returned a ruling in the matter Air Transport Association of America, et al. vs. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (C-366/10).
France - February 15 2012
In response to public and parliamentary concern regarding the potential environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), the French government has outlawed this technique, the only currently known means of extracting shale gas and oils.
