The European Union’s drive for ever more intrusive regulations to combat climate change are being met with resistance from member states. Despite the Commission’s best efforts to push the Green Deal, exorbitant economic costs and voter discontent has sparked a renewed interest in nuclear energy.
“Energy policy has become security policy,” the local official in charge of transitioning to sustainable energy production said, calling for better collaboration between agencies.
While nothing is certain, it looks like the Nature Restoration Law will be defeated Wednesday as Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola aired EPP fears that climate legislation was triggering a wave of anti-green populism in Europe.
European authorities warn about the creation of a “biodiesel mafia,” as one Bosnian network is accused of benefiting from overly generous EU subsidy schemes, flooding Northern Europe with falsely marketed biodiesel.
Attje Kuiken, the leader of the Dutch Labour Party, said that farmers should accept that food production must be radically scaled back to save the environment.
