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The article focuses on European environmental policies and the need for reforms to the renewable energy sector and the carbon market. It states that exemptions to the carbon market should be removed which would benefit the economy as a whole even if a few industries saw an increase in production costs. It mentions that subsidies have helped the renewable energy sector but have cost 16 billion euros in German in 2013 while undermining the European Union's emissions-trading scheme.

The article focuses on carbon-reduction methods in China, the European Union (EU), and the United States and the need for a carbon tax. It states China has instituted a pilot carbon-trading program in Shenzhen while U.S. President Barack Obama announced on June 25, 2013 new controls on U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions. It comments that the EU confirmed limits on automobile emissions by 2020. It suggests the measures are insufficient and talks about the need for a stiff carbon tax.

The article discusses Europe's Emissions Trading System (ETS) cap-and-trade scheme as of 2013, with information on the programme's aim of reducing carbon emissions in the European Union (EU). Topics include the surplus of carbon permits due to low levels of demand, attempts of the European Commission to postpone introduction of carbon allowances until demand increases, and the implications of ETS implementation issues for other governments with similar programmes.

The article looks at European Union (EU) politics and environmental policy, focusing on climate change. It outlines an agreement on greenhouse gas mitigation goals reached at an October 2014 EU meeting. The author assesses Europe's international influence on environmental issues and discusses the relationship between environmental goals and economic growth.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Worse Than Useless," published in the January 25, 2014 issue.

The article examines Poland's energy policy. A proposal by the government to construct two nuclear power plants scheduled to become operational in 2024 is examined, particularly it's dependence on private financing of construction. Poland's need to reduce its use of coal-fueled electric power plants to meet European Union (EU) targets for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions is discussed. Legislation to encourage shale gas development is examined.

The article focuses on carbon prices in 2013 and the success of Europe's emissions-trading system (ETS). Topics include the internal carbon price for a ton of CO2, why corporations use carbon pricing to prepare for future environmental legislation, and how carbon prices can help calculate the value of investments.

The article looks at the possibility that markets are overlooking the risk of unburnable carbon, or the parts of fossil fuel companies' reserves that must stay in the the ground. Topics include the amount of carbon that can be burned without causing more than two degrees of global warming, the increasing share of total energy output from state-owned energy companies, and the possibility that the European Union's emissions trading system might collapse.

The article considers the emissions trading system (ETS) of the European Union (EU). A scheduled vote in the European Parliament on a proposal to allow the European Commission to postpone auctions of carbon allowances by the ETS is discussed as a reaction to a decline in the value of such allowances due to a lack of demand. The possible collapse of the ETS due to such low prices is considered, particularly its impact on emissions trading in other countries.

This article reports on the issue of climate change within the politics and policies of the European Union. At a recent summit European leaders agreed to some ambitious targets. By 2020, the 27 EU countries will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% below the 1990 level. Unfortunately, there were very few concrete proposals as to how to meet those goals.

Considers important issues pertaining to the expansion of the European Union that may be addressed at the Gothenburg, Sweden summit on June 14, 2001. Dissenting member views on free movement of labor, sale of land to foreigners, and environment.