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
Gas storage: Europe goes better than expected, will meet the target for…
Gas storage capacity on European soil is 70.89% filled, in line with the average of the…
12 August 2022
Policy and Affairs
New renewable plants in Italy: 9GW requests but lack materials
Among simplification and expensive energy increases investments in Italian green energy but now the problem are…
9 August 2022
Policy and Affairs
Taiwan crisis: China suspends climate dialogue with US
The stop to climate cooperation in the package of measures that Beijing has taken in retaliation…
9 August 2022
Policy and Affairs
Climate finance: 17 billion missing, eyes on COP27
According to the OECD, in 2020 the richest countries paid out only 83.3 of the 100…
8 August 2022
Policy and Affairs
Will the war in Ukraine derail Europe’s energy transition?
With the right amount of political ambition and investment, Europe can embark on an accelerated, less…
6 August 2022
Policy and Affairs
China is authorizing new coal-fired power plants
The surge of new plants started last autumn continues, when China had to deal with an…
2 August 2022
Policy and Affairs
With more than 2800 deaths, Italy is the worst in Europe for…
In the report "Methane emissions in Italy" presented by the WWF and the Greenhouse Gas Management…
29 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
The EU Court of Auditors rejects the Repower Eu plan
The main problem? Ursula von der Leyen talked about EUR 210 billion ready. But the Commission…
28 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Europe sets its sights on gas from Nigeria: “We double import”
In 2021, the EU imported 23 billion cubic meters of liquid natural gas from Nigeria. To…
27 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
The dossier that the richest countries did not want to discuss at…
The "COP of the implementation" has risked not to have on the agenda one of the…
23 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
New EU Gas Plan saves winter by cutting consumption by 15
The cuts will be voluntary, but can become mandatory for everyone in the event of a…
22 July 2022
Policy and Affairs
Berlin rethinks: maybe it’s better to keep nuclear power plants on
The phase-out should be completed on 31 December this year. But the government, for the first…
20 July 2022
Environmental policies
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