Spain: Wind and Solar Parks Lack Environmental Oversight
Solar parks, requiring regular water use for cleaning, are being recklessly approved in a country already devastated by drought.
Solar parks, requiring regular water use for cleaning, are being recklessly approved in a country already devastated by drought.
As farmers lead backlash against environmental regulations, the political Right is poised to capture their vote.
Poland’s climate minister said “there is no analysis of the social and economic impact” of banning the combustion engine, “which is scandalous.”
The protected status of prosecco and feta cheese seems to be an insoluble issue in trade talks between the EU and Australia. Meanwhile, a UK-Australian trade deal comes into effect this week.
The EU Commission seems deaf to warnings from both prime ministers and Parliament that Green Deal regulations are coming too fast and going too far.
The WEF chairman met with crucial figures around the European Green Deal in a visit to Brussels last week.
The gamble may be well calculated, as many member states are hesitant to embrace the directive as written by the Commission.
Officials are concerned that the curbs could distract attention from the push for ‘net zero.’
Tesla is scoping out the potential to open a major electric car manufacturing facility at a disused French nuclear plant.
With concern about Europe’s farmers, Flemish MEP Tom Vandenkendelaere urged the Commission “to go do your homework again.”
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