Hoekstra: EU will push for global tax on fossil fuels
The nominee for the new EU Commissioner for Climate Action also pledged to phase out the bloc's fossil fuel subsidies
Timmermans: EU risks conflict, strife due to energy crisis
The EU's top official Frans Timmermans claims a short-term return to fossil fuels is needed to prevent the risk of civil unrest
EU rolls out plan to cut demand for Russian gas by two thirds in 2022
The European Commission outlined a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030, starting with gas
Timmermans: EU countries can delay coal phaseout to avoid Russian gas
A delayed coal phaseout in some countries is possible, but green energy deployment must be accelerated, The European Commission's Frans Timmermans says
US, China – top two carbon emitters – to cooperate on cutting emissions
China and the United States are seeking to close “a gap between the current effort and the Paris agreement goals.”
Serbia eyes minority stake in Hungarian nuclear power plant Paks II
Serbia is willing to become a minority shareholder of the nuclear power plant in the Hungarian city of Paks, the Serbian president has said.
Timmermans: There is place for gas, nuclear energy in EU energy mix
The European Commission's Frans Timmermans said gas has a future in the energy mix and that EU has nothing against nuclear energy
Timmermans: energy price hikes should speed up green transition, not slow it down
Only about a fifth of the energy price increase can be attributed to the rising costs of CO2 emissions, while the rest is simply due to a market shortage, says the European Commission’s vice president in charge of climate issues.
