Policy and Affairs

Policy and Affairs
U.S. diesel export ban puts Europe at risk as Trump targets fuel prices
Europe faces a new energy supply threat as President Donald Trump considers restricting U.S. diesel exports, a move aimed at lowering domestic fuel prices that could further…
Erminia Voccia•6 October 2026

Environmental policies
Trump-Xi summit: China’s rare earth export…
Washington and Beijing have extended their trade truce through January 2027, preserving…
Erminia Voccia•25 September 2026

Environmental policies
Brazil ties data center tax incentives…
Brazil is linking tax breaks for data centers to strict renewable energy,…
Stefania Del Bianco•10 September 2026

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…
29 March 2023

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…
24 March 2023

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…
23 March 2023

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.…
22 March 2023

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…
22 March 2023

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…
20 March 2023

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…
17 March 2023

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…
16 March 2023

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…
15 March 2023

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…
14 March 2023

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…
13 March 2023

Policy and Affairs
From NASA, a new way to calculate national greenhouse gas emissions
Instead of starting from emissive sources, the US agency has developed a pilot project that can…

