Policy and Affairs

Rinnovabili • Gas from the US: EU may loosen methane rules to secure LNG trade
Policy and Affairs
Is the EU weakening methane rules to favor gas from the US?

To boost US LNG imports and ease trade talks with Washington, the European Commission is reportedly considering a more flexible approach to its new methane emissions regulation

Rinnovabili • US tariffs: Meloni meets Trump at the White House to defend EU interests
Policy and Affairs
Meloni at the White House: high-stakes…

Meloni visits Trump at the White House to address US tariffs on…

Rinnovabili • EU strategy aims to steer energy-intensive industry through transition
Environmental policies
EU strategy aims to steer energy-intensive…

The EU backs a plan to support energy-intensive industry with reforms to…


Rinnovabili • Bituminous sands
Policy and Affairs
Bituminous sands and earthquakes, proven connection

A study by the University of Stanford has established that the reinjection of wastewater underground is…

Rinnovabili • Wind energy worldwide
Policy and Affairs
Wind energy worldwide: expected 680 GW of new capacity by 2027

But in order not to miss the target it is necessary to act now against the…

Rinnovabili • diesel and petrol cars stop
Policy and Affairs
Fury of Berlin on the diesel and petrol cars stop: “Everything to…

Germany wants the Commission to accept the German line unchanged and apply it "without delay". And…

Rinnovabili • endothermic cars stop
Policy and Affairs
The EU gives in to endothermic cars stop in 2035: changes coming…

Yes to ICE vehicles even after 2035 provided that they use only electric fuels. And that…

Rinnovabili • Power of Siberia
Policy and Affairs
Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, Putin presses but Xi takes time

During the Chinese president’s visit to Moscow, the Russians tried to speed up the mega-pipeline dossier.…

Rinnovabili • Offshore hydrogen
Policy and Affairs
Offshore hydrogen production, 300 TWh/potential in Europe

Investments of between 15 and 22 billion euros could allow realizing a new infrastructural net dedicated…

Rinnovabili • mountain forests
Policy and Affairs
In 20 years we have wiped out 7% of global mountain forests

The worst losses in South-East Asia, where deep-sea forests are biodiversity hotspots. The world’s mountain forests…

Rinnovabili • ban on diesel and petrol cars
Policy and Affairs
Italy and 7 other EU countries against the ban on diesel and…

EU countries opposed to the farewell to endothermic cars in 12 years, despite the agreement already…

Rinnovabili • the protest of Dutch farmers
Policy and Affairs
The protest of Dutch farmers descends from the tractor and enters in…

BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB), the Farmer-Citizen Movement that acts as a megaphone to the demands of farms and…

Rinnovabili • phase out of fossils
Policy and Affairs
At Cop28 in Dubai, the EU will fight for the phase out…

More ambition than the COP27, when Brussels only asked for the phase down (reduction). Included among…

Rinnovabili • Energy Performance of Buildings
Policy and Affairs
Energy Performance of Buildings, the Directive today to the vote of the…

Another decisive step for the revision of the Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings comes…

Rinnovabili • Energy Efficiency Directive
Policy and Affairs
New Energy Efficiency Directive, there is the EU agreement

The negotiators of the Parliament and the EU Council have reached an agreement on the new…