At a joint hearing in the EU Parliament’s Environment and Economic Affairs Committees on Monday, a panel of experts expressed mostly critical views on the Complementary Climate Delegated Act (CDA) on EU taxonomy. The CDA provides for financial activities related to natural gas and nuclear energy to be labeled as “green,” which has caused considerable […]
Last Tuesday, Robert Habeck’s Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action announced its intention to expand the number of coal-fired power plants in reserve to prepare for a possible end to Russian gas supplies. At the meeting of G7 energy, climate, and environment ministers under the German presidency on Friday, it was made clear once […]
In recent months, discussions about the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) reform have often focused on planning security for companies and preventing price shocks for consumers and industry. Price spikes like the one last fall had fueled suspicions of external market manipulation and lent weight to calls for more control of the market (Europe.Table reported). […]
In the end, it’s the result that counts. And for the introduction of a second emissions trading scheme for road transport and heating of buildings (ETS 2), an overwhelming majority of 61 voted in favor, 22 against and 5 abstentions in the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) on Tuesday. It is the part of the […]
European heavy industry is facing a massive transformation in the coming years. Sectors such as the steel and chemical industries will have to switch to climate-neutral production, which will require enormous investment. At the same time, however, the companies’ products must be competitive on the world market – otherwise production will move abroad.This is particularly […]
MEPs on the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) voted on Wednesday to raise CO2 fleet limits for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. However, the vote on the report by Renew‘s lead rapporteur Jan Huitema resulted in a stalemate of 44 votes in favor and 44 against. The increase in the targets was thus not […]
At just before 17:00 on Tuesday, Green Party shadow rapporteur Michael Bloss announced via Twitter that the deal was done. “We have a deal for EU’s biggest climate toolbox – the EU Emission Trading Scheme!” After days of negotiations between the rapporteurs of the lead Environment Committee (ENVI), agreements were reached on many points that […]
The most important news: On Friday, Green shadow rapporteur Michael Bloss also expressed confidence that “some form of ETS 2” could be managed. The fears of many that the second emissions trading scheme for road transport and heating buildings would be buried in the EU Parliament have thus been somewhat defused. However, this does not […]
Even after an intensive week of negotiations on ETS reform, a compromise is still not in sight. On Wednesday, the rapporteurs negotiated until well after midnight at the so-called shadow meeting – apparently without success. And the negotiations continued on Thursday. The key sticking points have not yet been resolved.According to insiders, the particularly difficult […]
Several EU countries are calling for mandatory solar roofs on certain buildings in the EU in order to become independent of Russian energy more quickly. In a letter to the EU Commission on Thursday, several energy ministers inside proposed a solar law within the REPowerEU plan. “Every photovoltaic plant immediately and directly reduces our energy […]