Moldova will uphold deal with Gazprom to prevent crises, minister says on 22/09/23
Moldova will uphold its gas supply contract with Russia's Gazprom in order to ward off crises over power prices in the country and hardship in its breakaway Transnistria region, Energy Minister Victor Parlicov said on Thursday (21 September). No more trade-offs: Pitting people against planet is dangerous and not how we will thrive on 22/09/23
The time for trade-offs is over - pitting people against the planet is dangerous and not how we will thrive, argue Francine Pickup and Astrid Schomaker. Albania’s Skavica hydropower project to be examined by Constitutional Court on 22/09/23
Albania's controversial but yet-to-be-built Skavica mega-dam, which threatens some 41 villages in the north of the country, will be reviewed by the country's highest court following a constitutional complaint by a coalition of energy and environmental NGOs. Greece under scrutiny for failing to implement EU floods directive on 22/09/23
As Central Greece starts the long road to recovery after the floods caused by Storm Daniel, issues of preparation, effective planning and resilience-building remain unaddressed. Italian government begins discussions on clean nuclear power on 22/09/23
The Italian government has launched the National Platform for Sustainable Nuclear Power, which will lead within nine months to developing guidelines for possibly reintroducing nuclear power among national energy sources. Austria’s right takes aim at plans to raise national CO2 tax on 22/09/23
Lower Austria’s conservative far-right government of ÖVP and FPÖ is going against federal plans to increase the country’s CO2 tax, claiming high inflation requires support, not additional burdens. Poland in talks with Germany over alleged illegal waste shipments on 22/09/23
Poland and Germany had their first hearing with the European Commission on Wednesday (20 September), following a complaint by Warsaw that Germany shipped 35,000 tonnes of illegal waste into the country. The future of our cement industry could be (eco)designed in Europe [Promoted content] on 21/09/23
Cement (and its main application, concrete) is very carbon-intensive – but it does not have to be. Safe, scalable, and cost-effective low- and zero-carbon cements exist today but face barriers. Ecodesign can ensure that cement is decarbonised – whether in the CPR, or (more likely) in the ESPR. EU bank chief warns against ‘Colonialism 2.0’ as green transition progresses on 21/09/23
European Investment Bank (EIB) president Werner Hoyer highlighted the importance of climate action but warned of the risks of exploitation of the Global South during his speech at the Climate Ambition Summit at the 78th UN General Assembly. Top EU court finds Berlin failed to protect nature on 21/09/23
More than a decade after EU-wide nature reserves were created to protect the continent’s most vulnerable species, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found on Thursday (21 September) that Germany failed to adequately protect them.
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