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Ukrainian ‘ecocide app’ calculates Russia’s bill for environmental damage on 31/05/24 Ukraine’s environment has been the “silent victim” of the Russian invasion, according to Ukrainian environment minister Ruslan Strilets, but thanks to app-wielding Ukrainian citizens, he can now put a price on the damage – more than €56 billion so far. Testing times for carbon capture and storage on 30/05/24 Seventeen years ago the European Council made a commitment to construct up to twelve carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants by 2015. Heads of government agreed that greenhouse gas emissions could not be reduced to the extent needed without use of the technology. Yet today there is still no CO2 being stored within the EU on anything other than a pilot basis. Europe’s climate movement continues to evolve and grow on 30/05/24 Ahead of the 2019 European Elections, young climate activists took to the streets in all corners of our continent to demand urgent climate action from the EU. The combination of advocacy efforts and grassroot movements catalysed a transformative green wave across Europe that was marked by the election of many climate protectors to the European Parliament. Citizens would vote for the Green Deal – if only they knew about it [Promoted content] on 30/05/24 The EU elections will decide the fate of the European Green Deal. ECOLISE is calling on citizens across Europe to go out and vote for a strong Green Deal and for policymakers to empower citizens as agents of change. Controversial gas transit fee: Germany caves under pressure on 30/05/24 The German government said on Thursday (30 May) it will remove a controversial surcharge on gas passing through the country which EU neighbours said added to the cost of moving away from Russian gas. Azerbaijan’s civil society crackdown intensifies ahead of COP29 on 30/05/24 As Baku prepares to host COP29, the largest international climate summit, the Azerbaijani government has ramped up its crackdown on the remaining vestiges of its civil society. French green industry secures multi-billion euro support in one week on 30/05/24 Between Thursday 23 May and Tuesday 28 May more than €5.3 billion of funding for French industry was announced by government and commercial investors, boosting the country's drive to revitalise and decarbonise its industrial base. Hungary breaks the diplomatic isolation of Belarus by seeking help for nuclear plant on 30/05/24 Hungary's government signed an accord with Belarus to help build Hungary's second nuclear plant, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a statement in Minsk on Wednesday (29 May). Putting the ‘net’ in net zero: scaling up carbon removal technologies in Europe [Promoted content] on 30/05/24 How will Europe remove millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep on track for its climate commitments – that’s a key question facing the next European Commission and Parliament. Kasia Wilk from Drax explains how the Green Claims Directive can help. EU court rules Poland must pay €68m bill in Turow coal mine case on 29/05/24 Warsaw will have to pay €68 billion in EU fines over the continued operation of the Turow coal mine despite court orders to the contrary, the EU's lower court found, although Poland may seek to escalate the issue.
