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  1. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY : The price of pollution

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    Sun, 1 Apr 2001

    Cleaning up the power supply industry has been declared a fundamental aim of many governments, and environmental costs are playing an increasing role in energy policy. However, energy policy makers face the task of how to reduce pollution when most environmental costs are not reflected in the ...

  2. A challenging climate

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    Sun, 1 Jun 2003

    competition. Can this challenge be met without losing security of supply? Siân Green reports. We need to have an environmental policy that remains as efficient as possible and consistent over the long term and focuses above all on achieving climate

  1. Influential UK peer calls for new emphasis on renewables

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    Tue, 8 May 2012

    through a Royal Society of Arts speech), and call on the government to “acknowledge and respect” that environmental policy is essential and not an optional extra. The speech is to be made as the coalition is shedding several green commitments

  2. Closure of coal power station could cost US state $18bn

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    Wed, 22 Feb 2012

    Scott Harelson. Once that is done, however, the plant will have to undergo a process included in the National Environmental Policy Act that could take five to six year to finish, Harelson said. Between 2011 and 2044, the plant is expected

  3. Ontario's green energy plan misfires

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    Fri, 23 Sep 2011

    to only 0.25 per cent of Ontario’s installed capacity of 34,882 MW – found Professor Mark Winfield, an environmental policy expert at York University in Canada. This raises doubts over the effectiveness of the plan’s feed-in tariff

  4. Deutsche Bank cuts carbon forecasts

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    Thu, 8 Sep 2011

    recession, we would then be forced to downgrade further our ETS (EU Emission Trading Scheme) emissions forecasts, and hence our EUA (EU Emission Allowance) price forecasts,” he said. For more environmental policy stories click here

  5. Australia carbon tax clears vital vote

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    Wed, 12 Oct 2011

    2009. Tony Abbott, the leader of opposition, has already made a “pledge in blood” to repeal the tax if his Liberal Party, as expected, wins an election due in two years. For more environmental policy news click here

  6. Nuclear power in the Middle East: Peril or opportunity for consultancies?

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    Thu, 30 Jun 2011

    governmental risks over a project lead time of between 10 and 15 years are elections and changes of economic and environmental policy . Business sectors most affected are mainly those that involve plant engineering and construction with a high proportion

  7. offshoregrid

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    Thu, 31 Mar 2011

    following offshore survey activities intended to satisfy state and federal requirements, including the National Environmental Policy Act and the Coastal Zone Management Act. Ultimately, AWC’s will require a corridor for the cables buried

  8. aweabirds

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    Tue, 15 Feb 2011

    operation of wind farms has the potential to impact wildlife. "Greatly expand" applicability under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to projects built on private lands, adding time and costs to developing wind projects, when there