Green Economy

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EU fuelling economic ‘doom loop’ by weakening climate rules during record heatwave, Dutch bank says

Dutch bank Triodos argues that by prioritising “competitiveness” over tougher carbon pricing amid this summer's heat crisis, the EU is leaving its economy more exposed to future climate shocks.

euobserver.com·há 7 dias

Report: German taxpayers’ money backed new gas drilling in the Amazon, despite pledging to stop funding fossil fuels abroad

Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.

euobserver.com·há 8 dias

Brussels hands its €5bn scale-up fund to Stockholm private equity giant EQT

The European Commission previously said it chose EQT because of its shared ambition to "scale deep-tech innovation in Europe", despite the firm being best known for buying established companies.

euobserver.com·há 8 dias

EU carbon border tax may hit India’s steel sector less hard than expected, study finds

Climate think tank Sandbag estimates that costs under its 'expected' scenario amount to just €79m in 2034 if higher prices for cleaner steel are factored in.

euobserver.com·há 12 dias

Internal documents reveal Shell decision to keep polluted Niger Delta pipeline open despite staff warnings

Shell records disclosed in a UK court case show the company kept a major Nigerian pipeline running despite warnings that oil theft was causing spills across the Niger Delta.

euobserver.com·há 12 dias

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Shell records disclosed in a UK court case show the company kept a major Nigerian pipeline running despite warnings that oil theft was causing spills across the Niger Delta. The UK’s new PM is hard n

euobserver.com·há 26 dias

[Interview] ‘Some of the resistance comes from people fearing they’ll end up without a job,’ says industry expert on Europe’s slow electrification

According to Devan Pillay of Schneider Electric, it's not just grids and prices holding electrification back. It's also change-resistant engineers of the older generation that are running plants today

euobserver.com·há 28 dias

The farming lobby is in bed with the pesticide industry – against the interests of farmers themselves

The lobbyists' goal is to convince MEPs to radically dismantle the existing EU rules on pesticide authorisation and use, rules meant to keep too toxic products off the market.