Macron pitches non-punitive green transition with new package
France is betting on the carrot rather than the stick to meet its climate goals. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that green transition should focus on providing incentives rather than...
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Europe takes climate fight global as carbon border tax goes live
The EU’s effort to become climate neutral is kicking into high gear — as of Sunday the bloc’s carbon border tax enters a trial period, which is likely to raise tensions with key trading partners. The...
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Trump’s bashing electric cars. He has lots of company in Europe
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and a chorus of conservative politicians in Europe are sharpening their attacks on electric cars, turning the economic disruption caused by the shift away from...
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How the far right weaponized heat pumps
Alternative for Germany has woven climate change policy alongside migration and Euroskepticism into its grand narrative of decay, elitism and rage. By KARL MATHIESENin Wiesbaden, Germany Illustration...
View ArticleLabour wants to decarbonize UK power by 2030. Mission impossible?
LONDON — Keir Starmer’s Labour Party heads into its annual conference in Liverpool with a big, bold green promise: net zero electricity in Britain by 2030. There’s just one problem with the...
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Reassessing the EU’s approach to methane emissions
The European Union’s ambition to build a carbon-neutral economy by mid-century is a true beacon of hope in the global fight against climate change. Certainly, the mitigation of methane emissions is...
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UAE oil giant’s two missions: A greener image and ‘accelerated growth’
The oil and gas executive helming the next United Nations climate summit warned world leaders in September that global warming is “our common enemy” — and that “we are running short on time” to defeat...
View ArticlePortugal’s Costa apologizes for cash seized at his official residence
Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa apologized to the country’s people on Saturday, expressing embarrassment for the corruption probe launched against himself and several members of his...
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Decarbonizing heavy-duty can’t be only based on an early-stage technology
On November 21, 2023, the plenary vote for CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) will take place in the European Parliament. Growing evidence about potential raw materials shortages,...
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Portugal’s corruption scandal spells trouble for EU’s critical minerals hunt
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s hunt for raw materials is running into new roadblocks — at home and abroad. Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa’s recent resignation over a corruption probe in...
View ArticleGermany and UK in talks over 400-mile hydrogen pipeline under the North Sea
LONDON — Germany has asked the U.K. to consider the construction of a 400-mile hydrogen pipeline under the North Sea to provide it with hydrogen — as Europe’s largest economy searches for ways to...
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Oil industry rides into climate summit bigger than ever
This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. WASHINGTON — Eight years after Paris, the oil business is bigger than ever. Profits are soaring. Production is climbing — and...
View ArticleWhy Germany can’t square a €60 billion circle
BERLIN — As Germany’s divided coalition government grapples with how to plug a €60 billion hole in the federal budget following a bombshell ruling by the country’s top court, more financial trouble...
View ArticleFluorescent vomit and a racism row: Is this Europe’s clean energy future?
An international conference this week was meant to be a European showcase for “clean hydrogen,” touted as an emissions-free fuel of the future. Instead, European Hydrogen Week descended into a bitter...
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Germany’s Scholz vows to ‘invest heavily’ in green transition despite budget...
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that his government would still “invest heavily” in the modernization and green transition of his country’s economy, but provided no specifics on...
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Unveiling the power of Hydrogen in Europe: It’s time to execute
To achieve a 55% reduction in emissions by 2030, the share of electricity in final energy consumption must increase from 23% today to approximately 35% within the next six years. In addition to direct...
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German budget crisis strikes at heart of the Greens’ ambitions
KARLSRUHE, Germany — Germany’s Greens thought their moment had finally come. After successive crises — the pandemic and the skyrocketing energy prices that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of...
View ArticleFears grow that fossil fuel firms will capture booming hydrogen industry
The EU is polishing off legislation to accelerate an emerging multibillion-euro green energy industry — hydrogen gas. Yet experts warn new rules under development may put the new sector in the hands...
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Behind the scenes: A billionaire at COP28
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It’s the first Sunday of the COP28 climate conference. The temperature is 30C. Under the Dubai sun, a billionaire is in a hurry. “Let’s run you guys,” Andrew Forrest...
View ArticleTrump who? Republicans in Dubai try to carve out their own climate agenda.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Republicans at global climate summits don’t talk about Donald. The GOP lawmakers who trekked to Dubai for the U.N. climate gathering made it plain they’re not eager to...
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