Emissions
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Europe’s top fossil fuel lobbyist eyes Trump-style climate rule bonfire
Europe’s impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green transition?
Commission pushes EU’s 2040 climate law into spring
Nigel Farage is surging in Britain’s rust belt — and Labour is panicked
EU’s 2040 climate target to come this week, Commission official says
The Tories set the UK net zero target. Now they are dumping it
EU should force big polluters to clean up the atmosphere, top advisers say
The bloc’s scientific advisory board on climate change wants the EU to scale up carbon removals.
The end of Germany’s climate crusade
One of the world’s most climate-ambitious governments is about to fall, replaced by a likely chancellor who says green policy went too far.
Europe’s divided Parliament could nuke von der Leyen’s plan to slash red tape
Divisions inside Europe’s centrist coalition risk derailing the Commission’s green simplification package.
EU to force restaurants, fashion brands to slash their waste
The new rules mean clothing companies and manufacturers will have to pay a fee to cover the costs of collection and treatment of textile waste.
EU pushes ‘buy European’ quotas in major plan to revive industry
A draft of the Clean Industrial Deal obtained by POLITICO reveals EU plans to drive climate-friendly manufacturing.
Europe’s peace offerings to Trump: Gas, cars and guns.
The European Union’s top trade official brings a suitcase full of proposals to persuade President Donald Trump to call off his trade war threats.
Looser state aid rules aim to stoke clean tech demand
A European Commission draft sets out ways for governments to subsidize and boost clean-tech investments.
Climate change threatens EU’s survival, German security report warns
Global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.
Trump expands steel and aluminum tariffs to all countries
The tariffs build off ones the president imposed during his first term.
The EU’s ticking debt bomb — and why it matters for its next budget
Repayment of the EU’s €300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.
Spain pushes to double EU budget to over €2 trillion
Madrid wants governments to be jointly liable for borrowing huge amounts of money to boost the bloc’s coffers.
The menace of deindustrialization in the EU — and what we can do about it
Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.
New ecodesign rules freeze out Europe’s local space heaters
Proposed EU rules could see almost 100% of solid fuel local space heaters disappear from the European market, destroying European jobs, growth and competitiveness, warns CEFACD
Billions in EU farm subsidies tied to greenwashing
EU countries are using green farm subsidies to reward status quo practices instead of driving real environmental action, NGOs say.
How Britain can escape Trump’s tariffs: Buy American gas
As the threat of a trade war looms, Britain hopes it has a few secret weapons.
The Mediterranean diet is a lie
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
UK push for North Sea oil and gas drilling was unlawful
A fresh decision on Rosebank and Jackdaw will now be made by Labour Energy Secretary Ed MIliband.
EU decorum cracks over green agenda
Normally taciturn officials spar online over climate policy and reveal a deep split within the EU.
What’s in von der Leyen’s plan to save the EU economy?
We analyzed every line of Brussels’ Competitiveness Compass proposal (so you don’t have to).
Von der Leyen builds bonfire of EU’s environmental red tape
Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.
PFAS: Working toward a sustainable future while protecting patient care
Pharma and medtech companies are invited to join a project on PFAS exposure, emissions and end-of-life management in the health care sector
EU’s new economic vision is speaking to Green Deal critics
A draft document shows Brussels putting deregulation before decarbonization.