Stefano Porciello
@steporciello.bsky.social
Energy, Environment & Transport journalist for Euractiv in Paris stefano.porciello@euractiv.com | opinions are my own + usual disclaimers
IAA LEAK: National governments are considering further restrictions on the European Commission’s power to block Chinese foreign direct investments above €100 million in the EU cleantech sector, draft amendments to the EU Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) show. www.euractiv.com/news/capital...
Capitals to restrict Brussels oversight on Chinese investments in EU cleantech | Euractiv
Governments would also extend Made in Europe rules to steel
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Wildfires in France and Spain are raging out of control on 122,000 hectares of forest land, and the EU’s emergency response services are unable to keep up with the spreading blazes, my colleagues write.
Euractiv@euractiv.com · last wk.Europe overwhelmed by wildfires, EU executive admits
The European Commission wants to add two Indian shipbreaking yards to its approved recycling list, despite longstanding concerns over environmental damage and poor working conditions. www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
Brussels approves Indian beach facilities for scrapping EU-flagged ships | Euractiv
Two shipyards in Alang meet strict EU environmental and worker safety conditions, European Commission says
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Commercial flights connecting Europe with the Middle East and North Africa, and all departing and incoming business jets, should start paying the EU’s carbon price for the greenhouse gases they pump into the atmosphere, the European Commission said on Friday.
Euractiv@euractiv.com · 3w agoEU targets neighbouring hub airports and private jets in carbon pricing overhaul
Policy makers should not blindly trust that nuclear fusion will solve the world’s energy problems in the next few years, the head of the world’s largest experimental reactor warns. www.euractiv.com/news/intervi...
INTERVIEW: Don't fall for the fusion hype, says head of world's biggest experimental reactor | Euractiv
Pietro Barabaschi, ITER’s Director-General, says challenges can be overcome if we “remain grounded”
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The French government wants to empower the European Commission to expand divisive made-in-Europe rules in the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) to new sectors and products, amendment proposals obtained by Euractiv show.
Leak reveals France seeks to widen Brussels’ made-in-Europe policy | Euractiv
Industrial 'accelerator' measures should be extended to shipbuilding and trains, Paris says
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Governments are uneasy with a European Commission proposal that would allow it to intitiate the blocking of outside investment into sectors key to the EU’s clean energy transition and planned re-industrialisation. www.euractiv.com/news/capital...
Capitals baulk at EU control over Chinese investment in clean tech | Euractiv
European Commission should only be able to step in on largest, riskiest deals, leaked EU Council draft suggests
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January-to-May sales of fully electric cars have rocketed by over 74% in the three years since the EU agreed to ban petrol and diesel models from 2035, but capitals are going round in circles, arguing over how far to roll back the zero-emissions standard. www.euractiv.com/news/electri...
Electric car sales surge while Europe bickers over CO2 standards | Euractiv
Some argue the latest proposal may no longer be needed, quipped the EU climate commissioner
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Government delegates are set to debate abandoning a proposed target to increase the share of manufacturing industry to a fifth of Europe’s economic output by 2035, according to a draft negotiating text from the Cypriot presidency of the Council of the EU. www.euractiv.com/news/capital...
Capitals to discuss axing EU re-industrialisation target | Euractiv
Commission wants to boost value of Europe's manufacturing base by half again in just nine years
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Brussels has publicly pledged a “full and pragmatic implementation” of legislation to reduce methane emissions, in response to the latest United Nations call to end all releases of the highly potent greenhouse gas. www.euractiv.com/news/eu-vows...
EU vows to implement Methane Regulation as UN chief calls for global methane cuts | Euractiv
"Voluntary action is no longer enough," says António Guterres
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State aid data: European governments are pouring billions into renewable energy but remain reluctant to fund industrial decarbonisation projects instead. www.euractiv.com/news/capital...
Capitals overlook dirty factories in EU-approved subsidies bonanza | Euractiv
Our analysis shows just 1% of €61 billion of state aid approved under the Clean Industrial Deal went to cleaning up industry
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A surge in the production of jet fuel by US and European refineries eases fears that the Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz meant a global kerosene shortage was imminent, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports. www.euractiv.com/news/record-...
‘Record’ jet fuel output quells fear of European holiday disaster | Euractiv
Record production of kerosene at US and European refineries eases fears of grounded holiday flights amid war in Iran
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Capitals back down in eleventh-hour talks on air passenger rights
Capitals back down in eleventh-hour talks on air passenger rights
MEPs succeed in defending statutory compensation, but lose the battle over free cabin luggage
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The EU proposal aimed at electrifying corporate car fleets faces a full-on attack from key lawmakers of the conservative @eppgroup.bsky.social, draft amendments seen by Euractiv show. www.euractiv.com/news/key-epp...
Key EPP lawmakers seek to kill or weaken clean company car law | Euractiv
The Commission proposal would force corporate buyers to increase the share of electric vehicles in their fleets
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Governments are primed for tough negotiations over a proposal obliging them to make corporate car fleets greener, part of the European Commission’s efforts to drive a shift away from petrol and diesel vehicles. www.euractiv.com/news/corpora...
Corporate clean-car mandate gets short shrift from EU capitals | Euractiv
France among only four countries to back corporate fleet quotas
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France and Germany are set to demand the European Parliament acquiesce to the reduction of statutory compensation for delays and cancellations to medium- and long-haul flights, a document seen by Euractiv suggests. www.euractiv.com/news/paris-b...
Paris, Berlin insist on reducing air passengers' right to compensation | Euractiv
One-size-fits-all proposal amid deadlocked EU talks would clearly cross MEPs' red lines
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A seven-strong alliance including France and Spain is ready to fight to keep Europe’s push for electric cars alive in the hotly debated reform of CO2 emissions standards, a document seen by Euractiv shows. www.euractiv.com/news/france-...
France, Spain and allies say EU must stick to pro-electric car policy | Euractiv
With five allies across Europe, Paris and Madrid have a blocking minority in the Council
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The conservative European People’s Party (EPP) has declared it wants to reform Europe’s CO2 emission reduction targets for cars without relying on the far right, but has hinted it could do just that if the S&D, liberals, and greens refuse to accept its red lines. www.euractiv.com/news/epp-neg...
EPP negotiator keeps far-right option open on car CO2 standards | Euractiv
Massimiliano Salini won't seek a centrist deal at any cost
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Industry commissioner Stéphane Séjourné has proposed a legal shortcut to the European legislators who want to expand the scope of the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) during a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday. www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Commission wants to choose which sectors covered by Industrial Accelerator Act | Euractiv
Industry commissioner suggests it could take years for MEPs and governments to agree
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The war in Iran and the impressive energy costs that stem from it seemingly aren’t enough to convince Brussels to hurry up with the publication a long-awaited electrification plan. It is now postponed from 10 June to 22 July. www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
Brussels further delays electrification plan | Euractiv
Strategy to shift energy demand away from fossil fuels keenly awaited amid the decade's second energy crisis
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The EU’s fresh proposal to make the booking of complicated European rail journeys easier and more reliable, and in just one click, is a gift to travellers – but could be a major headache for the large companies that run the trains.
Euractiv@euractiv.com · 3mo agoWe’ve had the dogfight, now the railway wars are coming to Brussels
Travelling across Europe’s vast railway network is set to be made easier as the European Commission makes good on a pledge to ensure even cross-border journeys involving multiple operators can be purchased in one simple transaction. www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
Brussels looks to boost rail travel with one-click ticketing rules | Euractiv
Passenger rights also overhauled in broad legislative package
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Europe’s corporate car and van fleets should become greener and more electric faster than the European Commission has proposed, the two socialist lawmakers leading the European Parliament’s work on a forthcoming regulation have said. www.euractiv.com/news/sociali...
Socialists want more ambitious targets to electrify corporate car fleets | Euractiv
S&D group rapporteurs also propose sweeteners for providing company e-bikes
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The European Parliament’s joint lead negotiator on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), Christophe Grudler, wants to abandon an approach to ‘Made-in-Europe’ rules that would grant official trading partners automatic equivalence. www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...
Parliamentary negotiator wants stricter ‘Made-in-EU’ policy | Euractiv
No equivalence for trading partners by default, only case-by-case opt-ins, Christophe Grudler says
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Europe should use the energy crisis triggered by the Iran war to accelerate to shift from petrol and diesel to electricity and renewable fuels in the transport sector, the EU carmakers' lobby says. euractiv.com/news/carmakers-demand-electricity-tax-cuts-to-boost-electric-car-uptake/
Carmakers demand electricity tax cuts to boost electric car uptake | Euractiv
As petrol and diesel prices surge on US-Iran crisis, industry group demands 'clear signal' from policy makers
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"Those who’ve fought to keep the world hooked on fossil fuels are inadvertently supercharging the global renewables boom"
Euractiv@euractiv.com · 3mo agoUN climate chief: the pros of renewables are now ‘impossible to ignore’
The energy crisis triggered by the war in Iran “has made the economic logic of renewables impossible to ignore”, the top United Nations climate change official, Simon Stiell, told leading figures in international climate negotiations on Thursday. www.euractiv.com/news/un-clim...
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EU lawmakers have pushed back at a right-wing attempt to further delay or cancel the bloc’s new CO2 pricing system on heating and transport fuels, or ETS2, in plenary votes on Wednesday. www.euractiv.com/news/eu-parl...
EU parliament rejects right-wing attack on CO2 pricing for fuels | Euractiv
But the text adopted tells the EU executive to consider new loopholes
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