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EU climate chief lobbied Germany to back weakened 2040 goal

BRUSSELS — The European Commission’s climate chief successfully lobbied Germany’s coalition government to endorse a controversial measure that weakens the EU’s next climate target.  Wopke Hoekstra, the EU executive’s climate commissioner, held talks with Germany’s Christian Democrats and Social Democrats (SPD)
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Von der Leyen’s party revolts over her plans for budget and emissions

STRASBOURG ― Lawmakers from Ursula von der Leyen’s European People’s Party are threatening to torpedo two of the European Commission president’s landmark legislative plans, complicating her fight to assert her authority atop

Al Gore: Fossil fuel industry exploiting Europe’s energy crisis

The fossil fuel industry is exploiting Europe’s scramble to replace Russian gas to lock the continent into a long-term dependence on dirty energy, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore told POLITICO in

UK energy chief eyes an oil and gas loophole

LONDON — The U.K. government has quietly handed ministers new powers to reverse flagship climate promises and approve new drilling for fossil fuels.  Under new guidance drawn up in Whitehall, Energy Secretary
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