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(Français) China Europa 2009 Nouvelles dates : 8, 9 et 10 décembre 2009
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Pope to Pursue Heavenly Power in Europe’s Biggest Solar Plant
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2009-4-17
On pasture land a day’s walk north of Rome, the inventor of radio Guglielmo Marconi set up a broadcasting service in 1931 for the Vatican.
The world’s smallest state now intends to build the biggest solar plant in Europe for 500 million euros ($660 million) on those same 740 acres near the medieval village of Santa Maria di Galeria, project engineer Mauro Villarini said in an interview.
Advised by German solar-panel maker Solarworld AG, the Holy See is running counter to many governments that say harnessing sunlight on a grand scale is too costly to help curb global warming, especially in the deepest recession since World War II.
Now is the time to strike, Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, the Vatican City’s governor, said in an interview from his study overlooking the Michelangelo-designed Basilica of St. Peter’s. One should take advantage of the crisis to try and develop these renewable-energy sources to the maximum, which in the long run will reap incomparable rewards.
European nations, daunted by spending needed to stimulate their economies, find it harder to invest in clean power generation required to meet the European Union’s target to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 20 percent by 2020. Italy is balking.
Source:By Flavia Krause-Jackson and Flavia Rotondi in-en.com
372 European cities committed to reduce CO2 emissions beyond the objectives of the EU
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The mayors of 372 European cities from thirty countries had signed up a commitment to go beyond the objectives of EU energy policy in terms of reduction in CO2 emissions through enhanced energy efficiency and cleaner energy production and use. The Covenant of Mayors is an ambitious initiative of the European Commission that will bring together the mayors of Europe’s most pioneering cities in a permanent network to exchange and apply good practices across these cities and beyond to improve energy efficiency significantly in the urban environment.
The Covenant of Mayors is the response of the most active cities to global warming: a formal commitment by the cities to reduce their CO2 emissions even beyond the EU 20% objectives. You can check if your city is one of the signatory cities on the website of the The Covenant of Mayors.
In addition to 24 EU Member States, cities from six countries outside the EU are involved in the Covenant of Mayors: - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka) - Croatia (Zagreb, Rijeka) - New Zealand (Christchurch) - Norway (Aalesund, Oslo, Stavanger) - Ukraine (Artemivsk, Dolyna, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Kherson, Kovel, Lutsk, Lviv, Pervomaisk, Voznesensk, Zhmerinka) - Switzerland (Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Zürich).