Guardian: Poland will spend 5 billion zlotys ($1.55 billion) over the next few years to meet its renewables target under the European Union’s strategy to combat global warming, Environment Minister Maciej Nowicki said. The 27-nation EU has undertaken to produce 20 percent of its total energy from renewable sources by 2020. Within that plan, Poland is only committed to securing 15 percent from renewables by 2020. At present, renewables account for some 7 percent of power production in the …