As Brussels moves to delay its methane rules, nearly 100 US civil society groups are urging EU governments not to cave to oil and gas lobbyists and the White House.

The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list

The European Commission's new rating system grades data centres on efficiency, but does not show their emissions or how much power and water they use. It also lets sites partly powered by fossil fuels present themselves as renewable by buying green certificates over a whole year.

Norwegian politicians say Arctic gas is crucial to the EU's future energy security and want Brussels to drop its moratorium on Arctic drilling. But a new report from a Norwegian NGO finds the volumes would be small and would not arrive until the 2040s which is 'too little, too late'.

Bund und Länder haben sich wegen der hohen Spritpreise auf einen Tankrabatt und einen Spritpreisdeckel geeinigt. Insgesamt sollen Bürger und Unternehmen um rund 2,5 Milliarden Euro entlastet werden.

The EU wants Europe's future in European hands, but its flagship scale-up fund leaves the investment strategy to private equity, while China's more targeted venture capital system may offer some better lessons.

What if saving the climate means giving up on democracy?

Saudis yet to provide details about damage from drone attack to key east-west pipeline to Red Sea that could affect 4% of global oil supply

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The complaint takes aim at the EU's decision to "review and revise" the water directive and address "potential bottlenecks" in accessing critical raw materials.

Saint-Gilles is a vibrant neighbourhood in Brussels. But a spate of recent drug-gang related bombings and shootings has galvanised local community leaders, who feel largely abandoned by the  state and political infighting.

A rights expert on Roma in Germany says the AfD win is a clear sign that anti-Roma hatred has been normalised and legitimised.

A US crisis is very likely to be associated with a capital outflow, rather than a capital inflow, With the result that the dollar could weaken substantially against other currencies.

Credit ratings of AI tech giants may be based on "assumptions on future revenue growth and leverage which may not stand the test of time", creating a risk of "mispricing of credit risk," the ECB's fin...

The proportion of reef surface covered by living coral has fallen by 9.5 percent, compared with just the 1980–2009 average.

Today, the Department of State, in partnership with the Department of the Treasury, is announcing the designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Autistici/Inventati...

"If we do not find a solution for the distorted trade, we risk spending a lot of money while losing European gains in areas such as privacy, working conditions and climate," warned Corien Prins, chair of the Dutch science council.

Norway’s oil and gas giant Equinor recently posted its strongest quarterly result in years. A Norwegian non-profit has now put a number on what that oil and gas costs in human lives

'We are hoarding our wealth in our massive sovereign wealth fund, while launching PR campaigns to deepen the EU's fossil-fuel dependence," said Frøya Skjold Sjursæther. 'If Støre truly cared for Europe, Norway would donate the billions we've made in war profits to Ukraine's aid'

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The interpenetration of private finance and the military

Shell records disclosed in a UK court case show the company kept a major Nigerian pipeline running despite warnings that oil theft was causing spills across the Niger Delta.

The European Commission previously said it chose EQT because of its shared ambition to "scale deep-tech innovation in Europe", despite the firm being best known for buying established companies.

Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.

Fiscal pressure sparks retroactive campaign and tougher controls on future offshore capital flows

Bulk buyers win double-digit reductions while cautious consumers stay on sidelines

Het vooruitzicht van minder soortgenoten zorgt voor paniek onder rechts-radicalen én liberalen. Krijgt de mensheid er met de bevolkingskrimp een zoveelste crisis bij?

According to Devan Pillay of Schneider Electric, it's not just grids and prices holding electrification back. It's also change-resistant engineers of the older generation that are running plants today. "Their attitude is: if it works, let's leave it."

Even if public authorities sometimes have the right idea of where the energy transition needs to go, they still can't bring themselves to do what's needed to phase out fossil fuels.

US congressman Sean Casten, a longtime champion of methane rules in Washington, recently wrote a letter urging EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen not to cave to US pressure to weaken the reg...

Researchers found that the initiative gives large chemical producers, who stand to benefit directly from how the critical minerals list is drawn up, a central role in deciding what goes on it.

Exempt from transparency rules, the EU Commission's new so-called "Reality Checks" consultations are often attended only by lobbyists yet have shaped major deregulation proposals. Now the EU Ombudsman wants answers.