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The EU’s challenge with renewable energy expansion: What is the way forward?

Environmental Europe

The EU is facing a key challenge in climate and energy governance. It has agreed to address climate change under the Paris Agreement , and put forward increasingly ambitious policy targets for 2020, 2030 and 2050. However, it is increasingly struggling to fulfil them. The 2030 approach thus generates a difficult challenge.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

This is defined as the ability or desire to sustain a resource at a certain level and based on three scientific principles: increased dependence on renewable energy, biodiversity, and chemical cycling. It was signed by 46 states and the 28 European Union member states, coming into force on the 30 th October 2001.

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Election 2024: Climate Action vs. Radical Deregulation

Legal Planet

Thomas Pyle is president of the Institute for Energy Research, which was formed by Charles Koch and has received donations from companies like Exxon to publish papers opposing climate science and any efforts to control greenhouse gasses. He served in the Trump administration leading the transition team at the Department of Energy.