Climate crisis calls for U-turn in EU’s economic governance on 01/09/23
It is now clear that extreme weather events will have a massive impact on our economies if we don’t transform them. Times have changed and the rules governing the coordination of national economic policies in the EU must adapt, argues Isabelle Brachet. Stakeholders divided on fairness, practicality of Parisian e-scooter ban on 01/09/23
As the Parisian ban on self-service scooters enters into force on 1 September, the city hall calls the move revolutionary amid an urban jungle, while stakeholders remain divided on the pros and cons. Greece to launch drones, temperature sensors to better fight wildfires on 01/09/23
Greece's prime minister said on Thursday (31 August) it would launch drones and install forest temperature sensors to improve preventive firefighting after criticism from climate activists over a devastating wildfire burning for almost two weeks. Polish court discontinues proceedings in Turów mine case on 01/09/23
The Voivodship Administrative Court in Warsaw has suspended proceedings against the decision to extend the concession for the Turów mine until 2044, meaning that the mine, which has been the subject of a long-running dispute between Poland and the Czech Republic, can continue to operate unhindered for more than 20 years. Slovak battery production projections lowest in Visegrad on 01/09/23
Slovakia’s projected battery production capacity will reach 10 GWh by 2030, faring lower than those projected for Visegrad counterparts and beating only Croatia’s two GWh in the Central European region, an analysis of the vehicle production-dependent country by Erste Group reads. Greens eye French, Spanish model for German energy subsidies on 01/09/23
Germany could subsidise electricity prices despite EU state aid rules, the Green Party, a junior partner in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government insisted, pointing to efforts by France and Spain to extend their own subsidies. Russian oil fuels new political crisis in Bulgaria on 01/09/23
Bulgarian political stability is threatened by a fuel market crisis as the ruling coalition wants to cut dependence on Russian oil, which would mean clashing with Russian private company Lukoil, which owns the Burgas refinery and has a monopoly on... EU watchdog monitors surge of cash going into biodiversity funds on 01/09/23
The surge in money going into biodiversity funds is the "next frontier" of environment, social and governance (ESG) investing and warrants increased monitoring to avoid greenwashing, the European Union's securities regulator said on Thursday (31 August). French government earmarks €4 bln for low-carbon hydrogen on 31/08/23
The French government will release €4 billion in subsidies in the form of public-private contracts for the development of low-carbon hydrogen projects as part of the country's updated national hydrogen strategy. New packaging rules might put at risk the water needs of 750,000 people each year [Promoted content] on 31/08/23
As countries face the worst droughts in decades, we must do what we can do to limit freshwater consumption. In its current form, the #PPWR proposal will drive up freshwater consumption - substituting reusable packaging in fast food restaurants would be equivalent to providing 750,000 people with their freshwater needs each year. Policymakers cannot ignore these facts.
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