US officials defend LNG pause, say EU exports unaffected on 09/02/24
A top US Department of Energy (DOE) official on Thursday (8 February) defended President Joe Biden's pause on approvals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports at a Senate hearing called by a fellow Democrat who said he will investigate the decision. Scientists in UK set fusion record on 09/02/24
Scientists in Britain announced Thursday (8 February) they had smashed a record for generating fusion energy in the final experiment using the Joint European Torus (JET) machines. Poland sceptical about EU’s 90% emissions reduction target, cites economic concerns on 09/02/24
Poland is unlikely to back the European Union’s new climate target of cutting CO2 emissions by 90% by 2040, citing the economic and social risks that come with speeding up the green transitions, Polish media reported. EU delays corporate transparency rules for mining, oil and gas firms on 08/02/24
The European Parliament and the Council of EU member states agreed on Wednesday evening (7 February) to grant a two-year delay for sector-specific standards under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), offering a break to mining and fossil fuel firms targeted by the upcoming transparency rules. Next EU legislative term must reconcile climate and industry, says French think tank on 08/02/24
Équilibre des énergies (EdEn), a French think tank, issued its recommendations for the next EU term of office (2024-2029). In exclusivity for Euractiv France, the group stresses the need for a European industrial strategy that is properly geared towards the climate and the economy, rather than a collection of targets. The US and Saudi Arabia are taking COP28 pledges seriously on 08/02/24
The US and Saudi Arabia have reduced investment in oil and gas supply, putting consuming countries in front of their responsibilities by forcing them to act and deliver on their COP28 pledges, writes Thierry Bros. EU Commission warns Romania over landfill waste management on 08/02/24
Romania received a warning on Wednesday for failing to fully comply with the Landfill and Waste Framework Directives despite having already been fined by the European Court of Justice in December. EU threatens Portugal with sanctions over conservation failings on 08/02/24
The EU Commission started legal proceedings against Portugal at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Wednesday in two individual cases for its alleged failure to comply with a ruling on the conservation of sites considered Special Areas of Conservation and threatened sanctions. German climate activists enter EU-Elections: Last Generation aims to ‘shake up’ Parliament on 08/02/24
The list of fringe parties in Germany aiming for a seat in the European Parliament is getting longer, as climate activists want to “really shake up” politics this time. Far-right French MEPs sign resolution to ‘abolish’ Green Deal on 08/02/24
At least six of the 18 MEPs in the EP far-right French RN party’s delegation have already signed or will sign on Thursday a resolution tabled by their Belgian Vlaams Belang colleague, Tom Vandendriessche, calling for the Green Deal to be “abolished”.
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