Opinion: France’s short-haul flight ban is more show than substance
Short-haul flights get a lot of attention, but France’s new measure to force journeys of less than 2.5 hours to…
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Pascal Canfin: Covid recovery spend can get us closer to net zero
The chair of the European Parliament's environment committee says the EU failed ten years ago to connect the climate crisis…
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France and Spain best in class for green Covid recovery
Covid-19 recovery plans from Paris and Madrid have been deemed to be among the greenest in the world, but they…
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Brexit may tip the scales towards an EU nuclear phase-out
The UK was one of the strongest pro-nuclear voices in the EU. The loss of its large number of Council…
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France still hedging its bets over nuclear energy future
Nuclear is the bedrock of France's electricity system, but its reactors are old and nuclear's share in the power mix…
Why we need to build batteries better
The massive increase in demand for lithium-ion batteries threatens to create supply chains that are fragile as well as socially…
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Has Covid-19 extended aviation’s free pass to pollute?
European governments had unprecedented power to force airlines to lower their emissions in exchange for providing Covid-19 bailouts. They chose…
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