The menace of deindustrialization in the EU โ€” 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.

EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra goes to war with airlines

EU plans to hike airlines’ green taxes are “complete bullshit,” says lobby chief Willie Walsh.

Keir Starmer to unveil ambitious new UK climate goal at Cop29

Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of actionKeir Starmer will announce a stringent new climate goal for the UK on Tuesday, the Guardian can reveal, with a target in line with the advic…

5 things to know about climate chief Wopke Hoekstraโ€™s hearing

The Dutch politician defended green legislation but remained vague on future plans.ย 

Visas for under-30s โ€˜essentialโ€™ to Brexit reset, leaked EU document says

Itโ€™s the latest sign the idea is still very much in Brussels’ sights โ€” despite British pushback.

What Boris Johnson can teach the EU about restoring nature

The European Commission hopes capitalism can help solve the biodiversity crisis. Britain might have the answer.

Former Poland PM: โ€˜Weโ€™re living under the illusion of environmentalismโ€™

We arenโ€™t reducing global emissions, just depriving ourselves of jobs, profits, raw material sovereignty and, therefore, security.

Europeโ€™s new normal: High energy bills, fading industry and one chance to fix it

German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at โ€˜slow agony.โ€™

Slovak Environment Minister rejects EU directive on household fossil fuel charges

Slovakia has failed to include charges for emissions from heating and road transport in its latest amendment to its Emissions Trading Act, despite an EU directive requiring member states to do so by 25 September, with Environment Minister Tomรกลก Taraba …

The flip side of debt: The EUโ€™s urgent need for new resources

Agreeing on one-off common debt issuance was hardly a Hamiltonian moment โ€” but substantially increasing the blocโ€™s own resources may just bring us closer to one.

China accelerates green steel shift as EU levies loom, researchers say

SINGAPORE, July 11 (Reuters) – China approved no new coal-based steel projects in the first half of 2024, researchers said on Thursday, accelerating its shift towards green production as it prepares for the impact of a new carbon levy on exports to Eur…

Lufthansa to charge up to โ‚ฌ72 per ticket to cover climate costs

The surcharge goes into effect for tickets booked from June 26 and departing from European countries.

Spain calls for close monitoring of ship movements amidst โ€˜carbon leakageโ€™ fears

A closer monitoring of the consequences on European ports of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme extension is needed, according to Spain’s position expressed at Tuesday’s (18 June) Transport Council.

The warring conmen at the heart of a โ‚ฌ5bn carbon credit scam

Emissions trading was supposed to save the planet. But fraudsters quickly learned how to rip the system off, making themselves spectacularly rich. Then some of the major players started turning on each otherโ€ข A longer version of this piece first appear…

EU Green Deal? No, thanks: Germanyโ€™s liberals want a weaker โ€˜Yellow Dealโ€™

Germany’s Free Democrats say their backing for the next EU top executive hinges on weakening EU climate laws โ€”ย a clear shot at Ursula von der Leyen.

Key EU lawmaker Peter Liese already eyeing next CO2 price revamp

German EU lawmaker Peter Liese is already eyeing the next revamp of the EUโ€™s emissions trading scheme, wants a CO2 Central Bank and is campaigning for his party to stay the course on EU climate targets, he told Euractiv in an interview.ย 

Revealed โ€” the next Brexit headache on the Irish border

The U.K. and EU are planning separate systems to tax carbon-heavy imports, prompting familiar fears about the impact in Northern Ireland.

Europeโ€™s industry and power sector emissions plunge 15% in 2023

The EUโ€™s emissions trading scheme sectors, industry and power, saw emissions drop by 15% in 2023, putting them on track for their 2030 targets, but experts question whether this was because of – or despite – Europe’s carbon trading framework.

EUโ€™s power sector emissions plummet as renewables surge

Brussels called the 15.5 percent reduction in 2023 a “record.”