COP28: European Anti-Coal Crusade on Collision Course With China
Developing nations are increasingly resentful of the West’s radical climate goals.
Developing nations are increasingly resentful of the West’s radical climate goals.
Over 180 MEPs attempted to stop the vote for a chance to include the nuclear energy subsidies that the socialist rapporteur removed from the Commission’s original proposal.
Countries postpone lofty climate goals to adapt to demands of reality.
Poland’s security is overly dependent on coal, France wants to keep its cheap nuclear energy, and Germany wants them to have none of those things in order to save the planet and make money. Not an easy question.
A return to coal was needed because turbines could not be relied upon this week due to depressed wind speeds.
The 200 activists currently occupying the village of Lützerath are not expected to leave calmly.
Germany and Poland are the countries facing the greatest likelihood of suffering from a coal shortfall.
Poland’s importation of coal from overseas reserves is an economic and environmental debacle, one that only makes sense in light of the EU’s environmental policies, which smothered coal mining for ‘green’ reasons.
Germany’s largest gas importer, Uniper, has now asked for financial aid from the state, but a nationalization might bear political risks for the Greens due to ongoing lawsuits against the closure of coal plants.
Kukies said that weaning from European reliance on the 158 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year of gas that Russia supplies is the block’s biggest energy challenge.
To submit a pitch for consideration:
submissions@
For subscription inquiries:
subscriptions@