A completely “pollutant-free” environment is “neither achievable technically nor at a proportionate cost,” warn cep experts Svenja Schwind and Dr. Götz Reichert. The simultaneous reduction of pollutants and greenhouse gases for production processes under the Industrial Emissions Directive would lead to new problems and conflicting goals that have received too little attention to date. The […]
The EU Commission intends to take a closer look at the action plan for the procurement of key raw materials in the coming months. The acute shortage of semiconductors underlines the strategic importance of this issue, said EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in Brussels. Based on a list of 30 “critical” raw materials, the authority wants […]
The head of the French energy group EDF, Jean-Bernard Lévy, has called for clear priorities in decarbonization. He said the EU Commission must explain whether climate neutrality will have priority in the future or whether the rules of the internal market will continue to apply. This is crucial for investments in carbon-neutral energies, Lévy said […]
September 1: The EU Commission is back in office. Ursula von der Leyen and her “Team Europe” throw themselves into their work with great enthusiasm. After the Afghanistan debacle, Brussels is back to saving the world; the European Green Deal and platform regulation can’t wait.Or maybe they do? On the first day of the “Rentrée,” […]