UK Announces 68 Percent Emission Reduction Target
The UK Prime Minister has announced a new target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 68 percent by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. The UK Prime Minister has Continue Reading
First Electric Only Car-Charging Station Opens in the U.K.
The first all-electric auto service station will open in Britain on Monday as drivers increasingly avoid cars fueled by gasoline and diesel. It’s another sign the energy and transport industries are Continue Reading
UK-EU talks near collapse ahead of Johnson trip to Brussels
Britain and the European Union warned Tuesday that talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal are teetering on the brink of collapse, with just over three weeks until an economic rupture Continue Reading
‘On a knife edge’: Britain and EU in last-ditch trade talks
Britain and the European Union will make a last-ditch attempt to strike a post-Brexit trade deal this week, with probably just days left for negotiators to avert a chaotic parting Continue Reading
Brexit crunch time: stand-off puts EU-UK trade deal on a knife edge
Post-Brexit trade talks hung in the balance on Monday as Britain and the European Union made a last-ditch attempt to bridge significant differences and reach a deal that would avoid Continue Reading
German industrial production beats forecasts for October
Industrial production in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, was up 3.2% in October compared with the previous month, according to official data released Monday. It was the second set of figures Continue Reading
Russia to Germany gas pipeline targeted in U.S. defense bill
The annual U.S. defense policy bill unveiled by lawmakers late on Thursday contains sanctions that backers say will halt one of Russia’s biggest projects in Europe: the Nord Stream 2 Continue Reading
Post-Brexit trade talks paused amid ‘significant divergences’
Talks to reach a post-Brexit trade deal have been paused, because UK and EU negotiators say “significant divergences” remain. Michel Barnier and David Frost said conditions for a deal between Continue Reading
Share Of EV Registrations In UK Jumps To 9.1% In November
While the UK’s total new car sales slumped in November due to the second lockdown, electric vehicles (EVs) recorded their third-highest ever monthly share of registrations at 9.1 percent, the Continue Reading
UK raises climate ambition to cut emissions by 68% by 2030
The UK government has committed to a more ambitious target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 68% from 1990 levels by 2030, it said late Dec. 3, setting a policy Continue Reading