Bunch of 15-year-olds trounce German foreign minister and teammates
Germany's “green” foreign minister has been reportedly handed a significant sporting loss by a bunch of 15-year-olds.
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EU ‘wealth tax’ to finance climate change?
The European Union must impose a wealth tax to finance climate transition - the move to a low-carbon, more resource-efficient and sustainable economy - says Paul…
Italy ‘aims to return to nuclear power by end of current legislative term’
Italy's Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto has indicated Rome's readiness to reconsider nuclear energy
Gazprom plunges to first annual loss in 20 years as trade with Europe hit
Kremlin-owned gas giant Gazprom said on Thursday, May 2 it plunged to a net loss of 629 billion roubles ($6.
Major airlines under investigation for ‘greenwashing’
The probe aims to determine the veracity of claims made by airlines regarding their efforts to reduce aircraft CO2 emissions through measures such as carbon offsetting…
Stand by for the EU fixed lids Directive!
What some regard as overzealous European Union regulation risks casting a cloud over citizens’ summertime plans to relax with a refreshing drink or two.
G7: 2035 could be end date for coal-fired power plants
Energy ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy countries meeting in Italy are discussing setting a common target date of 2035 to shut down their coal-powered power…
The dark side of veganism
Veganism is a phenomenon. Young people are going vegan en masse.
EU and US eye new sanctions against Russia as Moscow moves to seize $440 million from JPMorgan
Barely 24 hours after a $440 million seizure order imposed by Russia on US financial giant JPMorgan Chase came to light, the European Commission is reported to be…
Top German officials accused of manipulating nuclear phase-out advice
The decision to close down the last working nuclear power plants in Germany was made on manipulated information, Berlin-based Cicero magazine has claimed
Dutch province of Utrecht returns to fossil fuel as power-grid faces meltdown
The Dutch province of Utrecht announced it will switch back to fossil fuel to relieve the overworked electricity grid, as the road to net-zero in the Netherlands…
Green Deal champion Ribera to lead Spanish Socialists in the EP
Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera, a staunch champion of the European Green Deal, will be the new leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)…
ECR takes on Green Deal and China in new policy roadmap
The European Conservative and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament has targeted China and the Green Deal in a roadmap for the next legislature of the…
EU Left wants to ‘blackmail’ opposition with Green Deal
It comes ahead of a debate titled "The attack on climate and nature: far-right and conservative attempts to destroy the Green Deal and prevent investment in our…
Two years into Ukraine war ‘EU still depends on Russian gas,’ says energy regulator
The European Union still cannot do without Russian liquefied natural gas, despite it being two years since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU Agency for…
JDE Peet’s sees coffee industry struggling to meet EU deforestation law
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G-20 Nations are giving would-be climate investors the jitters
The European Union and UK have been world leaders for implementing policy to promote clean energy technologies, but their crown is starting to slip.
Final death toll rises to seven after Italy hydroelectric blast
Italian rescuers have found the bodies of the last two missing workers from an explosion at a hydroelectric plant near Bologna three days ago, a spokesperson for…
Brussels big guns fire up nuclear energy option
Top Commission officials praised the technology at a high-level event in Brussels on April 11, ending a policy that had seen the Brussels executive sit on the sidelines…
Six European countries sign deal to protect North Sea systems from Russian sabotage
Six European countries with North Sea coastlines signed an agreement to work together to protect the marine region’s rapidly expanding underwater infrastructure…
German homeowners’ group blames Berlin for climate-policy shortfalls
A leading German homeowners' association has blamed Berlin after studies showed the Government is missing its targets on building renovation as part of its climate-control…
EU gives coffee exporter Uganda €40 million to help it comply with forest policy
The EU has given Uganda a 40 million euro grant to help Africa's largest coffee exporter comply with a new EU policy that bars imports of commodities whose production…
For domestic housing, Germany lags well behind ‘green’ renovation goals
Germany is missing targets regarding the climate and the renovation of residential buildings, despite Berlin’s ambitious goals. Just 0.
EC ‘spreading misinformation’ over Bulgaria gas controversy, MEP claims
An MEP has accused the European Commission of spreading misinformation concerning an ongoing gas scandal in Bulgaria.
Ahead of Olympics, France unveils new Paris travel rules
France has unveiled a system of compulsory QR-code passes for travel throughout Paris, with the new system reportedly being implemented to reduce the threat of terrorism…
EU behind China on climate change, as Hoekstra admits it will miss 2030 climate targets
China has overtaken the EU in actually rolling-out clean technologies, researchers say.
Chinese solar firms hit by EU probes in new test of subsidy law
The European Union started probes into bids by Chinese firms for a Romanian solar park, in the latest test of a freshly minted law aimed at preventing state-funded…
Botswana President threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid Berlin’s anti-hunting push
The President of Botswana is threatening to send 20,000 elephants to Germany.
Eneco pulls back from massive Dutch offshore wind farms, criticising government policy
What should have been one of the Netherlands' most prestigious green projects has now become a painful loss for the Dutch government.
Denmark’s proposed carbon tax likely to anger farmers and spur coalition turmoil
Denmark's government aims to be the second in the world -- after New Zealand -- to officially set a carbon tax.