TAG: Emissions
Frustrated farmers slam EU ‘technocrats’ who ‘call the shots’ in Brussels protest
BRUSSELS — Benoît Laqueue was one of 100 disgruntled French farmers on a bus headed for the European...
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
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
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
Former Tory energy minister quits as MP over Sunak’s ‘harmful’ push for new oil and gas
The former energy minister who signed the U.K.’s 2050 net-zero target into law has quit the Conserva...
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
A warning for 2024: The losers of the green revolution won’t go quietly
After pioneering the green revolution, Europe is now living under its shadow: the counterrevolution....
8 months ago
Europe needs more cash, Belgian PM says
The European Union needs more of its own money, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told POLITI...
8 months ago
EU conservatives are fueling far right with Green Deal crusade, Spain’s deputy PM warns
Europe’s center-right leaders assailing green policies are only feeding the rise of a Trump-style po...
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
Why electric aircraft may never be the next big thing
BRUSSELS — The first electric aircraft was certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (E...
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
Europe’s new energy risk: Trading Russia for America
On cloudy days, from his house John Beard can see the fireballs lighting up the dark sky, flares from the distant fossil fuel plants where he once made his living as a technician.The fiery discharge of excess gas is a constant reminder of the industry tha...
6 months ago