[ad_1] Environmental groups blame auto industry lobbying for a freeze in limits on exhaust pollution, but electric cars are now targeted with restrictions on particulate matter from brakes and tyres.…
Tag: EU Policy
Governments agree response to surge in packaging waste
[ad_1] Environment ministers secured several concessions before agreeing a joint position on legislation designed to reduce the amount of packaging material discarded annually, prompting the Netherlands’ Vivianne Heijnen to warn…
Commission dismisses ‘unfounded’ NGO request to review 2030 emissions targets
[ad_1] Efforts by climate NGOs to increase national ambitions shunned by EU executive. ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission has rebuffed NGO attempts to persuade it to reduce annual emission allowances for…
Bank lending favours polluting sectors, ECB study finds
[ad_1] Supervisors mull extra capital charges or even daily fines on lenders that don’t clean up their act ADVERTISEMENT Banks are lending disproportionately to high-polluting sectors, a report by the…
ROUNDUP: Key environment and energy votes in parliament
[ad_1] The European Parliament plenary of 2023 in Strasbourg from 11-14 December saw the legislature wave through a new law designed to reduce Europe’s geopolitically precarious dependence on China for…
Potentially disastrous’: Tech sector says EU AI Act goes too far
[ad_1] The EU AI Act still isn’t set in stone and the European elections could shake things up. But for the moment, the tech industry fears the Act may stifle…
Lawmakers stitch wounds over blood, plasma donations in human substances deal
[ad_1] MEPs and EU ministers have reached a political agreement on new rules to improve safety for donors and recipients of blood, tissue, and cells, updating quality standards set more…
Plans to tax Airbnb, Uber stutter
[ad_1] The online holiday rental service has cut a deal with Italian authorities, but a wider reform of EU tax rules is stuck ADVERTISEMENT Airbnb this week struck a €567m deal to…
‘It’s ok not to be ok’: lead legislator hails Parliament’s mental heal
[ad_1] The European Parliament has called for an EU strategy on mental health in its first such resolution, Euronews discussed the societal ‘paradigm shift’ required on the issue with the…
Coal gets free pass under electricity market reform
[ad_1] Poland, backed by France and Bulgaria, won its lobbying campaign for a coal exemption. ADVERTISEMENT Coal-fired power stations can enjoy continued state support in the EU thanks to a…