Exxon and Shell sue the Netherlands in secret tribunals for closing Europe’s biggest gas field
Today 11:45am
Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning compensation for home damages and the permanent closure of the Groningen gas field.
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EU set to miss UN deadline for new target under Paris climate accord
Today 11:45am
The delay is intended to allow countries more time to agree to an ambitious goal.
One city’s race to ‘solarise everything we possibly can’
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Bordeaux is quickly transforming itself into France’s top solar-powered city, banking on innovations like transparent panels that preserve its historic architecture.
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
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Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria.
EU considers faster Russian oil and gas exit after US pressure
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The European Union is considering a faster phase-out of Russian fossil fuels as part of new sanctions.
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The European Central Bank plans to raise borrowing costs for climate offenders – but a new FTM analysis shows that big polluters such as Shell will barely feel it.
A revolution is sweeping Europe’s farms: Can it save agriculture?
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Momentum is building for regenerative agriculture, a set of approaches that could help farms to weather the changing climate and make them more profitable.
EU split over climate target, deal next week in doubt, draft shows
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European Union countries are split over how ambitious to make their new climate change target, putting into doubt plans to strike a deal next week, their latest compromise proposal showed on Tuesday.
Most EU carmakers on track to meet emission targets: study
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Almost all European carmakers are on track to meet EU emission targets after winning a reprieve this year as electric vehicles (EV) sales pick up, a study showed.
India is selling Russian oil products to EU at record rate before ban kicks in
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From January new EU sanctions will prohibit the import of petroleum products refined from Russian oil in third countries.
