Macron open to new EU-Mercosur deal on 29/03/24
On a three-day official visit in Brazil, Emmanuel Macron proposed building a "new agreement" between the EU and Mercosur, which his Foreign Minister imagines to be broader than just trade. Critics and supporters of the original deal are now awaiting further details. Europe quietly works on Huawei-treatment for Chinese wind turbines on 29/03/24
The European Union is looking to ban foreign wind turbines on the grounds of cybersecurity concerns, echoing similar recommendations that saw EU countries bar China's Huawei from 5G networks. PFAS bill takes first step in French Parliament on 28/03/24
The French National Assembly's committee of Sustainable Development and country planning unanimously adopted a bill to combat the so-called forever chemicals, or PFAs, on Wednesday (27 March). France must not cave to Brussels on renewables, says ex-energy minister Pannier-Runacher on 28/03/24
France should continue refusing to include renewable targets in its energy-climate plan, which is due to be submitted to the European Commission in June, the country's former Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said on Tuesday (26 March). Romania’s pretext for not taking steps to reduce energy consumption slammed on 28/03/24
Romania's justification for not implementing measures to reduce energy consumption in recent years, as other EU countries have done, is not convincing, argues Energia Inteligentă, a Romanian professional energy association. France’s Total gives up exploration of Bulgaria’s largest gas field on 28/03/24
French multi-energy company TotalEnergies is withdrawing from oil and gas exploration in the potential Khan Asparuh field in northern Bulgarian waters of the Black Sea, an annual report by the project's other partner, Romania's OMV Petrom, quoted by Bulgarian Capital Weekly, reads. Consumers must be at heart of EU energy-saving interoperability efforts, says VizLore director [Advocacy Lab Content] on 28/03/24
Europe has ample new technologies to improve energy efficiency and save CO2, but getting those technologies connected and used efficiently is problematic, said Milenko Tošić, director of innovation at VizLore Labs Foundation. Biodiversity experts alarmed by resistance to reversing ecosystem degradation [Advocacy Lab Content] on 28/03/24
As uncertainty mounts on the adoption of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL), biodiversity experts sound the alarm against further resistance to reversing decades of ecosystem degradation. EU Commission to sign partnership with Australia on critical raw materials on 27/03/24
The European Commission will sign a strategic partnership with Australia on critical raw materials, a source familiar with the matter told Euractiv, as the EU continues its drive to secure access to these materials from sources other than China. Carbon circularity requires EU action: lessons from 3 EU projects [Promoted content] on 27/03/24
CO2SMOS, VIVALDI and CATCO2NVERS are EU-funded projects exploring ways to replace fossil-based carbon in chemicals with carbon emitted by installations processing biomass. Their recommendations? EU regulations must ensure that sustainable carbon is recognised as the easier, cheaper and necessary alternative.
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