Energy and Climate
Latest news, analysis and comment on energy and climate policy in Europe and beyond.
EU goes big on hydrogen as gas crunch looms
Climate activists warn of opacity, insufficient climate checks
Europe’s heat wave — in charts
Europe’s last summer before the Russian winter
How the Greens duped Christian Lindner into killing ‘das Auto’
Greek climate minister fights fires — and the system
No place for Russia at this week’s G20 meeting, says US Treasury secretary
Gazprom says it can’t guarantee functioning of Nord Stream gas pipeline
EU green chief calls for day of memorial for climate victims
Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly floods in Germany and Belgium.
Let’s lower the price fever and proceed swiftly with the REPowerEU
The gas-price cap is an indispensable short-term emergency measure. Medium term, the REPowerEU will help end Europe’s over-dependence on Russian gas – part of a resilient transition to renewables benefiting environment and economy.
5 industries that need to watch foreign subsidies rules
Basic industries, infrastructure, transport, technology and energy companies face potential probes and punishment under new EU trade defense rules.
Gas crisis reignites Germany’s nuclear power debate
The governing coalition is split over delaying the phaseout in response to Putin’s blackmail.
How Europeans saw climate change in June
The effects of global warming as witnessed by POLITICO readers.
Nord Stream nightmare: Has Putin stopped Europe’s gas for good?
Analysts fear Russia won’t restart key pipeline after ‘maintenance.’
Boris Johnson’s climate push loses its champion as Tories eye new leader
Questions swirl over fate of Boris Johnson’s drive to cut carbon emissions as Tory candidates flaunt their wares.
Canada will return key Nord Stream pipeline component
Berlin cheered the decision as a way to increase Russian gas supplies, though Ukraine had urged against the delivery.
France’s Le Maire: Total Russian gas cutoff is ‘most likely’ scenario
‘We have to anticipate and to put ourselves in order of battle as of now,’ the French minister said.
German energy company Uniper asks for bailout
‘We will not allow a systemically important company to go bankrupt,’ says Economy Minister Habeck.
Ukraine urges Canada not to return Nord Stream pipeline component
Kyiv is urging Ottawa not to make an exception under its sanctions against Russia to send a turbine needed for operation.
Glacier collapse hits Italy with new climate threat it can’t escape
Half the Alps’ glacial ice will melt no matter what the world does to limit its carbon emissions, scientists say.
Brussels faces lawsuits, investor pushback over green label for gas and nuclear
New rules undermine EU efforts to set a gold standard for sustainable investments, opponents say.
Lawless Europe: How EU states defy the law and get away with it
Defiance against EU law is on the rise, data shows. POLITICO delves into the consequences for average EU citizens.
How Italy’s biggest steel mill makes a mockery of EU environmental rules
The European Commission says EU citizens benefit from some of the world’s highest environmental standards. Taranto residents don’t see it that way.
Parliament votes to give green labels to nuclear and gas
Such power plants will be allowed to be marketed as sustainable investments on financial markets.
Police fire on Dutch farmers protesting environmental rules
Farmers have blocked supermarkets, distributions centers and roads in response to government plans to cut nitrogen emissions.
Campaigners file greenwashing suit against KLM
The suit claims the company’s ‘Fly Responsibly’ campaign breaches EU consumer rules by suggesting its flights won’t worsen the climate crisis.
‘Wir schaffen das’: Scholz channels Merkel to promote Russian gas exit plans, green transition
German chancellor says he’s optimistic the country can end its dependency on Russian gas and swiftly transition to green energies.
Germany readies gas emergency law amid fears of Russian cutoff
‘The fear of a recession is overwhelming,’ warns Economy Minister Robert Habeck as he seeks to boost renewable energies.
Germany’s drought hotspot scrambles to adapt
The country’s former East is drying out as climate change takes hold.
Glacier collapse in Italy kills 7, 13 missing
Temperature at the summit has mainly stayed above freezing since May.
Taxonomy should not divide the EU in time of crisis
Stand united, with solid EU taxonomy, to face of short-term energy security crisis, medium-term global tech challenge and long-term climate-change threat, says FPPG.
Scholz hints at Lufthansa-like bailout for gas giant Uniper
German government is looking into options to help the energy company, chancellor says.
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