TAG: Green energy transition

How a climate U-turn broke the Scottish government

It was meant to make Scotland a green world leader.But the country’s ambitious climate targets — and the Edinburgh government’s failure to keep up with them — triggered the break-up of the country's governing coalition and left the ruling Scottish Nationa...

5 months ago

Berlin inks lithium deal with Belgrade despite environmental concerns

BELGRADE — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič locked down a series of deals on Friday granting the EU and European carmakers exclusive access to Serbian lithium and paving the way for the construction of on...

2 months ago

Whatever happened to the climate kids? 

Five years ago, hundreds of thousands of students walked out of their schools in a coordinated global “strike” to demand climate action — and turned the 2019 EU election into a triumph for the Greens. This month’s vote was different. Green parties crashed...

2 months ago