LONDON — The Labour Party will introduce a controversial “boiler tax” if it gets into power at the next election, the shadow energy secretary said on Tuesday.Ed Miliband, speaking at an event in London, said that Labour would “support the Clean Heat Marke...
6 months agoGovernments be warned: You must protect your citizens from climate change — it’s their human right.The prescient message was laced throughout a dense ruling Tuesday from Europe’s top human rights court. The court’s conclusion? Humans have a right to safet...
6 months agoLONDON — It will take a “Herculean effort” for Labour to reach its key net zero target of clean power by 2030 if it wins power, the U.K. government’s chief climate adviser has said.Chris Stark, who steps down as chief executive of the Climate Change Commi...
5 months agoBRUSSELS — 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 agoThis article is part of the Brussels Survival Guide.There’s plenty to pay attention to in the new cohort entering the European Parliament — including, of course, the people. See below our guide on key figures across the policy palette.Céline Imart AGRICUL...
2 months agoBRUSSELS ― Unlike Americans, Europeans don’t take risks. If they did, the €10 trillion they have languishing in their bank accounts ― that’s more than a third the size of the U.S. economy ― could be invested in the stock market instead. That would give co...
2 months agoBRUSSELS — On paper, the European Union’s leading candidate to guide green policy for the next five years has it all: decades of experience, endless high-profile contacts and a shining reputation. There’s just one problem: Teresa Ribera is a hardened nucl...
2 months agoBRUSSELS — Airlines are coming up with ever more inventive schemes to get bums into their seats — and that's a nightmare for campaigners keen to slash flights to combat climate change.The latest idea landed last Tuesday, when Hungarian low-cost airline Wi...
1 month agoBRUSSELS ― Mario Draghi was the man hailed as saving the eurozone during the sovereign debt crisis when president of the European Central Bank. This time his challenge may be greater still: Stop Europe falling behind the rest of the world.European Commiss...
1 month agoBRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen has a dream for Europe. Teresa Ribera is meant to make it happen.The European Commission president on Tuesday chose the Spanish climate expert to become one of the European Union’s most influential people — in charge of cha...
4 weeks agoMinisters newly installed in their Whitehall offices. Special advisers moving from opposition to government. The first Labour administration for 14 years — and one marked in its early weeks by a raft of energy and climate promises which could, at least in...
3 weeks agoBRUSSELS ― It looks a lot like a continental midlife crisis.Politicians are searching for answers and they're finding a Europe that is grayer, less dynamic and less innovative than ever before. They're betting everything on turning the economy around, eve...
3 weeks agoItalian Industry Minister Adolfo Urso ended his lobbying blitz last week with a press release heralding the support of member countries for Rome's effort to tweak the bloc's looming ban on the sale of fossil-fuel-powered cars by 2035.While Italy's officia...
1 week agoToday, we proudly announce the launch of a new public institution in Great Britain – the National Energy System Operator (NESO).NESO is built on the strong foundations of the Electricity System Operator, formerly part of the National Grid group. It now st...
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