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Leak suggests reliance on carbon storage to meet CO2 emissions targets
The leak of an 'industrial carbon management plan' suggests the European Commission has concluded political and financial support for carbon capture and storage technology is essential if the EU is to meet its goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050.
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Poland pledges support for radical new EU greenhouse gas target
The return to power of Polish prime minister Donald Tusk could see one of Europe's least enthusiastic supporters of climate action in recent years throw its weight behind a radical new 2040 emissions reduction target, but erstwhile ally Hungary signalled scepticism at an informal ministerial summit.
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MEPs wave through raft of Green Deal legislation as elections loom
The European Parliament's environment committee has approved provisional deals with governments on half a dozen key pieces of environmental law, as lawmakers hurry to complete as much Green Deal legislation as possible before EU elections.
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Brewers froth over winemakers’ exemption from anti-waste rules
As the EU debates rules to limit packaging waste, beer producers argue they are being unfairly discriminated against with exemptions for winemakers from reuse targets and deposit-return schemes, but one of Europe’s wine industry association chiefs says brewers should “mind their own business”.
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EU urged to adopt absolute, not 'net', target for emissions cuts
Scientists, civil society groups and businesses have warned EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra that combining greenhouse gas emissions cuts and removals using nature-based and industrial processes in a single target could hamper climate action.
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Belgium urged to advance extension of water pollutant watch list
Belgium plans to move forward a proposal to increase the number of water pollutants subject to strict concentration limits, to include PFAS 'forever chemicals' and dozens of others, the EU Council presidency holder has said amid calls from civil society and industry.
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Belgium has just weeks to close key environment policy files
As Belgium takes over the EU Council presidency, it has just eight weeks to reach a deal with the European Parliament on a hotly debated law designed to reverse rapid growth in packaging waste, as well limits on CO2 emissions from lorries and rules on carbon removal certification.
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Euroviews. The proposed EU fiscal rules fall short of the changes we need
The extraordinary nature of the pandemic led to unprecedented acts; today, similarly, the impending threat of the climate crisis on our planet, and its consequences on the very foundations of our society, require responses that rise to the occasion, Eleonora Volpe writes.