Policy and Affairs

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
Editorial Team•23 April 2025

Policy and Affairs
Meloni at the White House: high-stakes…
Meloni visits Trump at the White House to address US tariffs on…
Editorial Team•18 April 2025

Environmental policies
EU strategy aims to steer energy-intensive…
The EU backs a plan to support energy-intensive industry with reforms to…
Editorial Team•7 April 2025

Policy and Affairs
Overshoot day 2022, the worst Canada and US, both on March 13th
For Italy the Overshoot day 2022 will be on May 15, It would take 2.7 planets…
9 May 2022

Policy and Affairs
New sanctions on Russia, the EU will say enough to Moscow crude…
Stop oil within 6 months, 8 months for derivative products. Also hit the 1st Russian bank,…
5 May 2022

Policy and Affairs
How the energy transition can reduce the risk of future crises
The adoption of low-carbon technologies can improve energy security and accessibility by strengthening resilience to future…
2 May 2022

Policy and Affairs
ARERA: ok to emergency measures to encourage the filling of gas storage
Defined criteria for the "two-way contract" to be associated with gas storage capacity and some measures…
29 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
New EU rules on gas storage coming soon to share costs
Debate in Brussels this week on how to share out Twenty-seven. Original news It remains the…
27 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
Update of the Energy Performance Buildings Directive: EESC green light
Greenlight on EU Energy Performance Buildings Directive to combat energy poverty, decarbonize by 2025 and ensure…
22 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
Coal-fired power plants, the emissions in Europe rise for the first time…
All top 10 emission plants are anthracite and lignite and concentrated in Poland and Germany. The…
22 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
Oil sanctions on Russia, Opec leaves the match in the hands of…
OPEC says it will not increase crude oil production to fill the gap left by Russian…
20 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
Global Warming, COP26 commitments lead us to +2.6% C
If all the promises made in Glasgow are fulfilled, for the first time, being able to…
15 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
Food emergency, “war” agriculture rips apart the new CAP
Today the Commission is publishing the EU response to the food emergency on the horizon due…
14 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
Industrial Emissions: Brussels amends directive but displeases environmentalists
The European Commission has presented a proposal for a revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).…
13 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
Ukraine, Brussels to raise EU targets on renewables
Timmermans announces: in May, the EU executive will present in detail the measures of the EU…