Carbon trade woos local power market operator and bourses

A race for carbon trading platforms heats up Romania’s new billion Euro market in CO2 credits. Report by Michael Bird

Recycling reeling from market blow

Romania’s recycling market was forced into a loss in 2009, while the country still lacks a nationwide effort to collect and re-use household waste. Report by Ana Maria Nitoi

Green energy obstacle due for lift by mid-year

Romania’s green energy future has been blocked by a legal glitch for two years, but could see remedy by mid-2010. Report by Ana Maria Nitoi

Meet the crisis managers

Romania’s new Government prepares to troubleshoot the economic legacy of an overheating market and a bitter political war

Battle only half won in Romania green revolution

Romania’s modern green movement began from the top-down. The European Union started setting targets, the Ministry of the Environment passed laws, billions of Euro in structural funds became available for entrepreneurs and modernisers, while multinationals tried to set a good example by publicly cutting down on energy waste and dispatching their staff to the countryside to stuff a tree in the ground.