TAG: Coal
Why Greta Thunberg is up in a London court
LONDON — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is due to appear in a London court Thursday morning...
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
John Kerry’s America First climate legacy
MAGA may really hate John Kerry, but under his leadership U.S. climate diplomacy has stuck to its Am...
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
Tony Blair seeks climate role at COP29 in Azerbaijan
LONDON — Tony Blair was once hired to lobby for a gas pipeline from Azerbaijan that activists described as a “carbon bomb.” Now he wants to help the Baku government run its climate talks.The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), which was founded...
6 months ago
EU climate envoys plan joint trip to China
BRUSSELS — The EU's top climate diplomat and four of his national counterparts are planning a joint trip to Beijing next month to meet the new Chinese climate envoy, three officials told POLITICO.Germany, France, Denmark and the Netherlands will send thei...
6 months ago
Help us build wind farms to beat Russian bombs, Ukraine tells EU
Building more green energy plants will help Ukraine keep the lights on as Russia bombards the country's power system, the head of the country’s largest private energy firm told POLITICO. But Ukraine needs the EU to do that.In an interview, DTEK CEO Maksym...
6 months ago
France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas
BRUSSELS — Put your money where your mouth is.Such grumbling is percolating across Europe as new data reveals France quietly ramping up gas payments to Russia just as President Emmanuel Macron loudly positions himself as one of Ukraine’s staunchest defend...
6 months ago
Fossil fuel giant Norway pitches itself as Europe’s ideal green partner
HANNOVER, Germany — In world politics, just as in life, some partners are more attractive than others. In its bid to diversify away from China in the race for green technologies and raw materials — all while guaranteeing a stable energy supply — the Europ...
5 months ago
Italy can do without Russian gas, says energy minister
ROME — Italy has emancipated itself from Russian natural gas and would have no problem with a proposed package of EU sanctions on liquified natural gas (LNG) that the European Commission is considering, Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin sai...
5 months ago
EU finally ready to bring down Russia’s gas empire … sort of
For the first time since Moscow launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine more than two years ago, the EU is expected to aim its sanction bazooka at Russia’s lucrative gas sector.But the proposals on the table would only touch a fraction of the billions M...
5 months ago
World Bank’s climate plan: Pricier red meat and dairy, cheaper chicken and veggies
Cows and milk are out, chicken and broccoli are in — if the World Bank has its way, that is.In a new paper, the international financial lender suggests repurposing the billions rich countries spend to boost CO2-rich products like red meat and dairy for mo...
5 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
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