climate policy.

EKO-Unia’s activists are warning that the nuclear power plant in Pomerania poses a threat to the Baltic Sea and oppose this project. Adam Błażowski argues with these claims and asks if the organization is against the atom as such.

New EU regulations on thermal modernization of households are a considerable challenge, but under no circumstances should Poland abandon the battlefield, because we can win concessions and a larger pool of funds for this purpose – Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl told radio WNET.fm.

Yet again the grid operator recommended to reduce the output from green energy sources in Poland. „With an energy mix so dominated by coal we should not be talking about a „surplus” of renewable energy. Instead, we should look for solutions that will help us manage energy surpluses,” says Paulina Grądzik, expert on energy and […]

„50 percent from RES by 2050 is doable,” said Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Miłosz Motyka.

The ambitious goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 90 percent by 2040 may be difficult to accept in Poland, but there are fewer and fewer willing to do so in Germany as well. The decision may fall on the Polish presidency and depend on … farmers – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Last Wednesday the European Commission decided to open an infringement procedure against Poland for failing to completely transpose the EU Industrial Emissions Directive – Onet.pl has reported.

The new government is to establish an Industry Ministry that is set to launch this March. It will share the competences in the energy sector with the Climate Ministry. Interestingly, the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves is to be supervised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration.

Poland sent back nearly 18 tons of electronic waste to the Netherlands. The garbage included all kinds of printed circuit boards, cases for electrical equipment made of plastic and metals, outlets, computer keyboards, capacitors, CDs, radios. The cargo did not have the appropriate consent from Polish authorities.

One of Poland’s ministers has recently told the media that Poland was ready to adopt the new 90 percent CO2 emissions reduction target by 2040. A Deputy Prime Minister has already denied this, but reality will tell – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

 „We want to foster social acceptance for nuclear power,” says Henryk Borczyk, Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Metropolis GZM in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.