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Antwerpen and Arlon: world's first ocean-going ammonia dual-fuel vessels named in South-Korea ( Exmar)

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Antwerpen and Arlon: world's first ocean-going ammonia dual-fuel vessels named in South-Korea ( Exmar)

The Belgian shipowner Exmar named world's first ocean-going ammonia dual-fuel vessels on their construction yard, belonging to partner HD Hyundai, in South Korea on 09/04/2026. Named after two Belgian cities, the two 46.000 m3 mid-size gas carriers have been purpose-built in close cooperation with the yard. The christening of the two ships marks the culmination of a joint development program...

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"150.000 tonnes of second-hand clothing enter Ghana annually" (H. Treku, Landfills2Landmarks)

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"150.000 tonnes of second-hand clothing enter Ghana annually" (H. Treku, Landfills2Landmarks)

"Regardless of what regulations are in place in Europe, textiles will always come to an end-of-life", declares Henry Treku, cofounder of Landfills2Landmarks, to News Tank on 03/04/2026. "The downstream evidence is critical in understanding what is needed to support better regulation and investment. The data suggests that 150.000 tonnes of second-hand clothing enter Ghana annually.""The EU Waste...

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"The potential for recycled textile is huge, but regulatory measures are lacking" (F. Hoffmann, Avantium)

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"The potential for recycled textile is huge, but regulatory measures are lacking" (F. Hoffmann, Avantium)

"For textiles, blends are the norm rather than the exception, which means chemical recycling is widely recognised as the logical solution", declares Floris Hoffmann, EU Public Affairs Advisor at Dutch company Avantium to News Tank. "That said, chemical recycling is still at a relatively early stage of industrialisation in Europe. While the first large‑scale plants for chemical recycling of...

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EU-ETS: the Commission amends the Market Stability Reserve to respond to "potential tightness in supply"

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EU-ETS: the Commission amends the Market Stability Reserve to respond to "potential tightness in supply"

The European Commission issued a decision to amend the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), which is used to adjust the supply of allowances in the EU ETS, on 01/04/2026. The changes propose to "stop the invalidation mechanism" of allowances above 400 million in the MSR, so they can be used as a buffer to "support market stability".The current MSR, which has been operational since 2019, acts as a...

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"Many clean energy technologies require more support to reach deployment levels required" (JRC)

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"Many clean energy technologies require more support to reach deployment levels required" (JRC)

"Four out of 15 clean energy technologies needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century are already more cost-efficient than their fossil fuel-based alternatives", according to the Joint Research Centre's Global Energy and Climate Outlook 2025, published on 27/03/2026, "based on policies and targets enacted globally". "The report finds that a few technologies are already able...

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"European policies are favourable to the development of green chemistry" (Caroline Petigny, Afyren)

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"European policies are favourable to the development of green chemistry" (Caroline Petigny, Afyren)

"There's no reason to continue producing molecules from petroleum when nature knows how to do it. Afyren reproduces, on an industrial scale, a natural process based on the fermentation of sugar beet by-products to manufacture 100% biobased products in a biomimetic approach", explained Caroline Petigny, head of sustainable development at this green chemicals company, on 24/03/2026.She was answering...

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Cohesion funds: €34.6Bn reallocated to strategic priorities, €3.1Bn for water, €1.2Bn for decarbonisation

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Cohesion funds: €34.6Bn reallocated to strategic priorities, €3.1Bn for water, €1.2Bn for decarbonisation

"34,6 billion euros in the 2021-2027 cohesion policy funds have been reallocated to address the EU's most urgent strategic priorities", announces the European Commission on 25/03/2026. "This exercise covers the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund, and the European Social Fund Plus.""These reallocated funds represent almost 10% of the cohesion policy's...

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WMO 2025 State of Climate: "Every key climate indicator is flashing red" (Antonio Guterres, UN)

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WMO 2025 State of Climate: "Every key climate indicator is flashing red" (Antonio Guterres, UN)

"The global climate is in a state of emergency. Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits. Every key climate indicator is flashing red", said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on 23/03/2026, at the launch of the World Meteorological Organization's 2025 Global State of the Climate report.Among the key results, the WMO report stresses that :• "2015-2025 are the hottest 11 years on...

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"Each WindWing® saves approximately 1.5t of fuel and 4.7t of CO2 per day" (L. Eatwell, Bar Technologies)

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"Each WindWing® saves approximately 1.5t of fuel and 4.7t of CO2 per day" (L. Eatwell, Bar Technologies)

Following the world's first delivery of an LNG and wind-powered Long Range 2 tanker in January 2026, Lauren Eatwell, head of the WindWings® technology for the UK-based company Bar Technologies, who conceived the wind-powered wings, answered News Tank's questions."We hold a patent on the three-element wing design. The figure we arrive at is 1.5 tonnes of fuel saved per wing per day on average...

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Onshore and offshore wind: minimum blade recyclability rate set at 70% by the Commission (OJEU)

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Onshore and offshore wind: minimum blade recyclability rate set at 70% by the Commission (OJEU)

An implementing regulation of the European Commission, published in the Official Journal of the EU on 23/03/2026, sets a minimum recyclability rate of 70% for the blades of onshore and offshore wind turbines, "in order to contribute to the total circularity of wind turbines".These "minimum environmental sustainability requirements" for wind turbines complement the Regulation of 13/06/2024 on the...

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Three water strategies for 2030 adopted by the Union for the Mediterranean to respond to the fast warming

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Three water strategies for 2030 adopted by the Union for the Mediterranean to respond to the fast warming

"Prior to this World Water Day, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) marks a decisive response: the adoption by its 43 Member States of three strategic frameworks setting a unified course on water, energy, food, ecosystems, finance and digital transformation through to 2030", announces the Union on 19/03/2026 in Barcelona.These three strategies aim to tackle the urgent issues of water scarcity,...

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European Commission: adoption of new State aid rules to "support sustainable land transport solutions"

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European Commission: adoption of new State aid rules to "support sustainable land transport solutions"

New State aid rules are adopted "to make it easier and faster for Member States to support sustainable land transport solutions", announced the European Commission on 16/03/2026. First, the scope of State aids is extended beyond rail transport alone to include inland waterways and all multimodal sustainable transport modes. Second, certain categories of State aids are now exempt from prior...

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