Energy and Climate

French president celebrates the incoming High Seas Treaty as important tool to help protect the planet.

The French president heads to the Arctic island on Sunday.

“I am interested in being a constructive player in the European Union, but not at the expense of the Slovak Republic,” Prime Minister Fico said.

A renewed offer to scrap tariffs on industrial goods “won’t fly” with Washington, says an official from one EU country.

The group wants to allow automakers to continue selling some combustion engines after 2035.

The unexpected Ocean Act will cover everything from fishing to tourism to defense — but details are scant.

The central bank expects big spending programs at home to offset weaker demand for eurozone exports.

“We have discussed how we can implement European sanctions and American sanctions at the same time,” European Commission chief tells POLITICO.

Countries would set their own water efficiency targets under the proposal, which would not be legally binding.

Activists left it at the Paris headquarters of energy giant EDF to protest France’s imports of Russian energy.

Zelenskyy allies visit Congress to bolster Russia sanctions bill.

France and Belgium are seeking more reassurances on Brussels’ proposal to gradually end Russian gas purchases by 2027.

Greenpeace said it “borrowed” the statue for its demonstration.

The EU’s scientific advisers warned Monday that expected plans to outsource some emissions cuts would undermine the bloc’s climate credibility.

Using international carbon credits in place of domestic action undermines climate efforts, scientific advisory board says.

Wopke Hoekstra successfully pushed the incoming coalition to back foreign carbon credits, helping shift the EU-level 2040 talks. 

Two separate legal cases tackling Trump’s tariffs may push the U.S. administration to strike a quicker deal, analysts say.

Germany, France and Poland are in favor.

Critical gas pipelines, power lines and data cables are the “soft belly of British security,” ministers have been warned.

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled unanimously that the president overstepped his powers in imposing the tariffs on dozens of trading partners, most of which he’s since paused.

A top EU diplomat described the pithy analogy as “no longer helpful.”

The first formal meeting of coalition partners ends in success as the parties agree on a wide range of measures for the government.

Some German politicians have pushed for the restoration of the flow of gas from Russia to Germany via the Nord Stream pipelines.

Testing the strength of its hand, Brussels wants the latest data on the scale of EU investments in America ahead of crunch talks with the Trump administration.