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Polluter bonanza could continue as EU ministers consider delay in energy windfall taxes
EU energy ministers meeting look set to slow down the roll-out of taxes on energy firms’ excess profits, despite the urgency of more immediate action before winter sets in.
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Nuclear exception leaves gaping hole in EU Russia sanctions as uranium ship reaches France
A new draft list of EU sanctions on Russia, released by the European Commission, fails to tackle Europe’s dependence on the nuclear trade, just as a ship previously identified as transporting Russian uranium reached the port of Dunkirk
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Harvard investigation reveals social media as the new frontier of climate deception and delay
Carmakers. airlines and oil companies deceptively position themselves as green, charitable brands, according to a new investigation from Harvard University, commissioned by Greenpeace Netherlands.
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Taxonomy: Greenpeace takes legal action against the EU’s gas and nuclear greenwashing
Eight Greenpeace organisations are taking legal action against the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU's list of sustainable investments.
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How Europe’s transport system can tackle the energy and climate crises
This coming winter, Europe will face a major test, juggling an imminent threat of financial hardship and poverty for many households, due to skyrocketing energy prices, and the need to…
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EU energy crisis plans: too little, too late
EU governments finally seem set to act on high energy prices. Any measures they decide must protect the most vulnerable while slashing energy waste and shifting away from fossil fuels.
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“Winter plan” fails to meet fair energy reduction needs and neglects climate targets
The European Commission’s “winter preparedness” proposal published today fails to deliver a fair energy demand reduction strategy, taking into account people’s long-term clean energy needs, says Greenpeace.
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Taxonomy: Greenpeace announces legal challenge as MEPs fail to block gas and nuclear
Brussels – Greenpeace has announced it will take legal action against the European Commission over the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU’s list of sustainable investments,…
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Taxonomy: Ukrainian energy minister contradicts President Zelensky, Ukrainian MPs
Strasbourg – Today the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament supporting the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU’s list…
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2035 ban on oil-burning cars too late for 1.5°C climate target
Brussels, 29 June 2022 – EU governments patched up a deal to end the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines, but the 2035 deadline is too late to…