lunes, enero 28, 2008

ASIA: China energy law likely to see delay

China's new energy law has been held back by bureaucratic infighting and is unlikely to be ready in time for the annual session of the national parliament in March, state media reported Friday. The law, which provides the legislative basis for the establishment of a powerful new energy ministry, may not be passed until next year's gathering of the National People's Congress, the China Daily said.

Lawmakers are finding it difficult to balance the competing interests involved, the paper said, citing Dong Chaojie, a senior official with the Cabinet's Legislative Affairs Office.

China has long argued that it needs a unified bureaucracy to plan, run and supervise its energy sector.

ASIA: China energy law likely to see delayPolicies and strategies for China's energy sector are currently drawn up by the National Energy Leading Group, a State Council sub-committee set up in 2005 and led by Premier Wen Jiabao.

The initial draft of the energy law, released at the beginning of December, called for the establishment of a unified energy ministry. The proposal would affect several existing government departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture, among many others. Observers have said that it would be hard to persuade the departments to agree to a reallocation of budgets and staff.

"I think 2009 is the earliest possible date for the legislative body to read and vote on the draft," said the Leading Group's Ye Rongsi at a forum this week, as quoted by China Daily.


Source: Agence France Presse


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lunes, enero 21, 2008

EUROPEAN UNION: Alemania critica proyecto de UE de hacer pagar toda emisión de CO2

El ministro alemán de Medio Ambiente, Sigmar Gabriel, criticó el jueves el proyecto de la Unión Europea (UE) de tasar todas las emisiones industriales de gas carbónico y exigió una nueva legislación que haga hincapié en la eficacia energética y las energías renovables.

"La Unión Europea no tiene el derecho de dejar sin resolver la cuestión de cómo respetar la competitividad internacional de empresas que consumen gran cantidad de energía", dijo Gabriel ante diputados alemanes.

Los sectores que cumplieron con su promedio de reducción de CO2 "deben poder obtener derechos de emisión gratuitos y de ese modo permanecer en Europa", añadió, en referencia a la amenaza de deslocalización de empresas europeas que podrían ver afectada su competitividad por ese nuevo impuesto.

El comisario europeo de Medio Ambiente, Stavros Dimas, quiere imponer un pago a todos los certificados de emisión. Hasta ahora, esos certificados se distribuían gratuitamente a los sectores más contaminantes, con un límite a partir del cual debían pagar.

Via: Univision

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