The EU’s Financial Services Commissioner Mairead McGuinness defended the inclusion of nuclear and gas in the executive’s proposal for sustainable investment guidelines in an interview with Brussels...
The Green Brief: Who wants to kill the EU taxonomy?
The deadline for EU countries to provide feedback on the European Commission’s proposal to include nuclear energy and fossil gas in the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy expired on Friday (21...
Czechs want to scrap deadline for nuclear energy in EU plan – report
The Czech Republic is pushing for the European Union to scrap proposed deadlines for investment in nuclear energy, a Czech newspaper reported on Friday, as the EU tries to come up with a plan to...
Germany cries foul over nuclear energy in EU’s green investment rule book
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition government has voiced its objections to a European Union draft plan to label nuclear power plants as a sustainable energy source in a formal...
EU ministers mull carbon border tax, argue over nuclear’s green credentials
European Union environment ministers gathered in France Thursday (20 January) to mull climate policy and the merits of a carbon border tax, while airing differences on whether nuclear energy can be...
2022 kicks off with a bang
Yves Desbazeille, FORATOM Director General We have certainly had a very energetic start to 2022, with the leaked draft of the Complementary Delegated Act becoming available on 1 January 2022. The...
‘Misunderstanding’ could block nuclear from claiming green EU label, industry warns
Ambiguities and misunderstandings contained in a draft EU proposal could block nuclear power plants from claiming a green investment label under the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy, the industry...
Czech Republic and Slovakia demand EU green label for nuclear energy
The Czech and Slovakian prime ministers have both called for the European Union to recognize nuclear energy as a clean source of power as a debate over the issue divides the bloc.