TAG: Climate neutrality
European Commission set to push for 90 percent emissions cut by 2040
The European Commission is expected to call on the EU to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 90 pe...
8 months ago
The EU got its first climate report card. It’s not good
Now’s not the time for Green Deal fatigue. In fact, Europe must accelerate its efforts. That’s the b...
8 months ago
Europe is spending millions to trap carbon. Where will it go?
Tomaž Vuk has the carbon. Now he just needs somewhere to send it. Since 2020, Vuk, who sits on the b...
8 months ago
EU heavyweights urge ‘ambitious’ 2040 climate targets — breaking silence
Several of Europe's most powerful countries implored Brussels to set "an ambitious climate target fo...
8 months ago
Ursula’s empty green Davos promise
Almost a year ago to the day, Ursula von der Leyen traveled to the snowy environs of Davos to make a...
8 months ago
Poland’s climate surprise pressures EU to pitch ambitious 2040 target
Poland wants Europe to know its days as the bloc’s top climate spoiler have come to an end.Urszula Z...
8 months ago
EU calls for 90 percent emissions cut by 2040
The European Union should slash greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The EU executive's recommendation comes as the bloc's green policies are facing a growing backlash, particularly from farmers, and was...
6 months ago
5 problems facing hydrogen-powered airplanes
BRUSSELS — The best way to cut greenhouse gas emissions from flying is to fly less — but that's a non-starter for the industry and millions of passengers.Instead, the sector is hunting for a tech fix that would allow airplanes to keep flying while polluti...
5 months ago
Climate entrepreneurs are coming for Europe’s money
BRUSSELS — Stefan Borgas already runs a multibillion-dollar Austrian company that supplies iron and steel factories. But that’s not exactly why he was in Brussels. Borgas was in the capital of the European Union seeking millions for a pet project that doe...
4 months ago
Von der Leyen slammed for ‘huge’ climate mistakes
Teresa Ribera wants to be the EU’s next Green Deal chief — and she thinks the woman who might be her boss is making a colossal and damaging mistake. In an interview with POLITICO, Spain's deputy prime minister said European Commission President Ursula von...
4 months ago
Fossil fuel extraction compatible with climate action, says COP29 host Azerbaijan
BRUSSELS — Azerbaijan, the host of this year’s global climate talks, has suggested that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the Paris Agreement. With four months to go until COP29 kicks off in Baku, the Azerbaijani presidency on Friday ann...
2 months ago
Von der Leyen threads the climate needle to keep her job
BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen has just pulled off a delicate green balancing act. The German politician secured a second term as European Commission president on Thursday with a political program carefully designed to woo both conservatives and environm...
2 months ago
Nearly every EU country blows major climate plan deadline
BRUSSELS — Governments are dragging their feet on a required plan to make the European Union’s climate ambitions a reality, jeopardizing efforts to eradicate the bloc’s global warming contributions by mid-century. Only four of the 27 EU governments — the...
2 months ago
Germany’s transport minister faces pay-to-play allegations
BERLIN — A German car lobby association allegedly used its close ties to the country's transport minister, Volker Wissing, to provide industry and lobbyists with access in return for payment, according to an investigation by a German public broadcaster.Th...
2 months ago