By this December, Germany’s last two hard coal mines – Prosper-Haniel and Ibbenbüren – will shut down for good. On the surface, this seems like an...
The European Commission has found Poland's plans to provide PLN 7.95 billion of support to alleviate the social and environmental impact of closing uncompetitive coal mines...
Commissioner Johannes Hahn, speaking at the 6th Cohesion Forum, Brussels, 8 September 2014 "Almost four years ago when we met for the last Cohesion Forum, marked the...
The 2030 climate and energy reform process should integrate support for community power in EU legislation, or Europe’s energy will continue to be dominated by centralized power...
If the European Union is to achieve its objective of putting its economy onto a low carbon path, it must speed up the process, the European...
The European Commission welcomed the vote of 8 January by EU governments gathered in the Climate Change Committee to postpone the sale of 900 million carbon...
Once the EU's 2014-2020 budget is confirmed by the European Parliament and member states, cohesion policy will invest €325 billion in Europe's regions and cities to...