Clean fuel producers reject airline concerns over SAF mandates
Today 11:15am
The EU requires the gradual replacement of kerosene with 'sustainable aviation fuels' but operators fear scarcity and fines.
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Spain’s Sánchez attacks other EU leaders for exploiting energy prices to gut climate policies
Today 11:15am
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez said his country was on “the right side of history” when it comes to how it has handled the economic and social costs of previous energy crises.
Fossil fuels? No thanks. Why Trump’s Iran war is pushing EU toward renewables.
Fri 20 Mar 2026
EU countries may argue about the short-term fixes for high energy prices, but agree that clean power is the best long-term bet.
Ten EU members press Brussels to keep giving industry free carbon permits
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Ten European Union member states have called on the bloc to keep handing out free carbon permits to industry to help curb costs as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran sends energy prices soaring.
European carbon prices slide as EU considers intervening in market
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Europe's carbon price fell by more than 5% on Tuesday after the European Commission President said the bloc would consider making more carbon emissions permits available to help curb high energy prices.
Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025
Tue 17 Mar 2026
Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have again missed targets set by the Climate Protection Act and barely fell at all in 2025.
Eight countries warn EU not to weaken carbon market
16 Mar 2026
Spain, the Netherlands and six other governments have urged the European Union not to dismantle or suspend the bloc's emissions trading system, its main climate change policy, as Brussels hunts for ways to curb energy prices.
EU climate advisers say eat less meat and tax farm emissions
13 Mar 2026
Brussels must take urgent measures to reduce the carbon footprint of food and farming, a scientific advisory board report says.
The German city that defied McDonald’s and dumped ‘to-go’ waste
13 Mar 2026
Since January 2022, the city of Tübingen has been charging 50 cents for nearly every piece of disposable “to-go” packaging.
EU leaders to demand carbon market reform by July, draft shows
12 Mar 2026
European Union governments are set to ask the European Commission to propose reforms to the bloc's carbon market by July, draft conclusions for a summit of EU leaders next week showed.
