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- ‘Enough with the burning’: EU executive accused of sacrificing forests Sat, 17 Jul 21, 12:38amCampaigners criticise European Commission strategy that allows continued burning of trees for fuel
- Green Group Accuses Europe of Climate Change Colonialism Fri, 25 Jun 21, 7:00pmAccording to the Equinox Initiative For Racial Justice, the EU Green New Deal is driving exploitation in poor countries.
- Euro Courts Infringing On Freedom Of Science…Climate Science Being Decided By Courts Instead Of By Proof Sun, 20 Jun 21, 7:00pmThe Federal Constitutional Court considers itself authorized to decide on scientific questions by judgement instead of by scientific proof, as is usually the case...
- Wind turbine clash adds to UK-EU post-Brexit tensions Thu, 17 Jun 21, 8:33pmExclusive: Brussels is concerned that British government is favouring domestic firms, in breach of trade deal
- Poland to close Europe’s most polluting power plant by 2036 Wed, 9 Jun 21, 8:44pmDraft paper says Bełchatów coal-fuelled plant to be phased out as part of plans to transform country’s energy
- EU and Bill Gates make joint push for $1BN to accelerate clean tech Wed, 2 Jun 21, 8:39pmThe European Commission has announced a partnership with Bill Gates’ sustainable energy funding vehicle with the goal of unlocking new investments for clean tech and sustainable energy projects totalling up to $1BN...
- Poland defies EU court by refusing to close major brown coalmine Tue, 25 May 21, 8:32pmShutting Turów lignite mine would cause thousands of job losses, says development minister
- Exeger takes $38M to ramp up production of its flexible solar cells for self-powered gadgets Tue, 11 May 21, 6:03pmSweden’s Exeger, which for over a decade has been developing flexible solar cell technology (called Powerfoyle) that it touts as efficient enough to power gadgets solely with light, has taken in another tranche of funding...
- Climate crisis: our children face wars over food and water, EU deputy warns Sat, 1 May 21, 1:38amExclusive: Frans Timmermans says older people need to make sacrifices to protect the future
- Fund managers can leverage ESG-related data to generate insights Wed, 28 Apr 21, 4:15pmEnvironmental, social and corporate governance data is everywhere. Learning how to understand it promises big payoffs.
- EU ‘reflecting’ on conflict of interest rules after BlackRock controversy Tue, 20 Apr 21, 12:34amBloc has come under fire for hiring manager of oil shares to work on environmental controls for banks
- 'It's hard, we're neighbours': the coalmine polluting friendships on Poland's borders Tue, 30 Mar 21, 2:45amCzechs and Germans who live in the shadow of the vast Turów mine claim it is an environmental menace. Some in Poland want to weaponise its defence
- African countries deem EU carbon border levy ‘protectionist’ Mon, 29 Mar 21, 12:00amSome African countries consider the EU’s planned carbon border levy to be “protectionist”. That was the upshot of a conference organised by the French government on Tuesday (23 March), which examined the challenges...
- Germany dismisses Australia’s claims that planned EU carbon border tax is ‘protectionism’ Wed, 24 Mar 21, 3:30amExclusive: Dr Jürgen Zattler, an official at Germany’s ministry for economic cooperation and development, says the policy is a tool to fight global warming
- Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt receives a $14 billion order from VW Mon, 15 Mar 21, 11:30pmNorthvolt, the Swedish battery manufacturer which raised $1 billion in financing from investors led by Goldman Sachs and Volkswagen back in 2019, has signed a massive $14 billion battery order with VW for the next 10 years...