Policy and Affairs

Policy and Affairs
Global coal demand stalls at record highs, Asia leads shift
After years of post-COVID growth, coal demand hits a plateau in 2025, with regional shifts and falling prices reshaping global energy dynamics.
Alessandro Petrone•30 July 2025

Policy and Affairs
Trump and von der Leyen set…
Two days after the US-EU trade deal announcement, the European Commission confirms…
Paolo Travisi•30 July 2025

Markets
Trump’s latest move deals a blow…
A new directive from the Department of the Interior raises federal scrutiny…
Erminia Voccia•29 July 2025

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
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
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
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…
12 April 2022

Policy and Affairs
Climate misinformation: facebook still feeds the fakenews
An experiment by Global Witness reveals all the flaws of the social network algorithm. Zuckerberg promised…