Focus
Russian gas project splits Swedish politicians in Gotland
Plans to rent harbour facilities to Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline project on the Swedish island of Gotland have split local political parties on strategic issues.
EU tries to reduce share of 'food-wasting' biofuels
Back in 2003 the EU embraced biofuels as an alternative to petrol and diesel, but this had the unforeseen consequence of promoting fuels that crowded out food production.
EU to tackle 'energy poverty'
The Commission wants to focus on "vulnerable consumers" but concedes that there will be differences in needs across the bloc.
News in Brief
- Wallonia sues Volkswagen over Dieselgate scandal
- Report: EU commissioners want to cut Poland's funding
- Italy's Monte dei Paschi bank faces state bailout
- Muslim woman set to become Romania PM
- EU dodges decision in US visa row
- States must ratify EU-Singapore deal, ECJ lawyer says
- EU court: Morocco deals don't apply to Western Sahara
- UK mass surveillence is illegal, EU court says
EU envisages soft touch Energy Union
According to an internal document, the commission is floating monitoring and reporting instruments, but no strict measures to police proposed new rules.
Analysis
EU leaders want Energy Union: but what do they mean?
The EU's putative Energy Union has been billed as the biggest thing since the European Coal and Steel Community of the 1950s. But what is it exactly?
Analysis
Which fuels are favoured in the Energy Union?
What does the Energy Union strategy paper reveal about the European Commission's preferred energy mix?
EU tables energy 'mega-package'
Energy Union commissioner Maros Sefcovic calls on member states to rally behind a bundle of proposals to increase energy efficiency that runs to more than 1,000 pages.
Column / Crude World
Shinzo Abe's hot-tub diplomacy
Why European leaders should learn from Japanese prime minister's failing diplomacy with Russia and not make the same mistakes.
Focus
Nordic states want EU decision on Russia pipeline
Nordic states have joined Poland and others in calling for an EU-level decision on Nord Stream 2 - Russia's divisive gas pipeline.
Column / Crude World
The Kremlin's money problems
Behind Putin’s bluster, the Russian president is keen to see sanctions lifted because his country's economy is bleeding badly.
Column / Crude World
Is Nord Stream II dead?
Russia state-controlled Gazprom plans to build Nord Stream II gas pipeline on its own after partners pull out.
Column / Crude World
Mr. Putin goes to China
The Russian leader's recent visit to Beijing shows that whereas China is going full steam ahead, Russia’s Asia pivot is slowly running out of steam.
Focus
Nord Stream 2: Business unusual
Neither sanctions, EU law nor politics can stop the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from being built, its small army of European lobbyists has said.
Column / Crude World
Empty Gazpromises
Why let Gazprom take on Brussels alone, when it can have EU states do its bidding?
Shut your nuclear plants, Germany tells Belgium
The German environment minister said safety at the recently reopened Doel and Tihange power plants was not guaranteed.
Eastern EU leaders to warn Juncker on Nord Stream II
A second gas pipeline connected Russia to Germany could "destabilise" central Europe and harm energy security, nine eastern EU leaders are preparing to tell Juncker.
Dutch minister misunderstands EU procedure
'Europe allows Dutch energy label', the Dutch ministry said, but actually the EU procedure has not yet finished.
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Why Europe should fight Nord Stream II
While the European Commission is still assessing how to react to the plans for a new Russia-Germany gas pipeline, the threats to EU energy supplies and Baltic Sea security are becoming clearer.
EU seeks oversight powers on energy security
The European Commission wants to vet all major new gas deals with non-EU suppliers under extra powers unveiled on Tuesday to prevent a major supply crisis.
Feature
Can Germany phase out coal power?
Germany's politicians and public have agreed to leave nuclear energy behind, but a mooted phase-out of coal-power generation may not be so easily achieved.
Feature
How Gorleben refused to be Germany's nuclear dump
Like all nuclear nations, Germany faces an unfathomable conundrum: where to store the waste? Its handling of the problem has sparked a decades-long political battle that shows no sign of abating. First in a two-part series.
EU carbon credits drop below €6
Has EU's flagship climate tool still an influence on moving industry away from fossil fuels? Emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide in Europe has become 25 percent cheaper since the start of 2016.
Interview
German jibe at 'dirty' Swedish nuclear waste site
The chairman of Germany's nuclear waste committee has criticised sharply Sweden's proposed repository and said that Europeans should agree on common standards.
Tusk: Nord Stream II doesn't help
Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, has said Nord Stream II, a new Russia-Germany gas pipeline, is not in the EU’s interests.
Nord Stream II: The 'elephant' at the EU summit
It will be the “elephant in the room,” when EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday, as opposition mounts to Germany and Russia's gas pipeline project.
EU summit: Nord Stream sneaks onto agenda
An east-west quarrel over the Nord Stream gas pipeline has sneaked onto the agenda of next week's EU summit, draft conclusions show.
Data dearth hampers analysis of 'Energy Union'
Commissioner Sefcovic presented the 2015 State of Energy Union report, but the stocktaking of his project is challenged by a lack of figures and definitions.
European industry hopes to profit from Obama's new climate plan
European wind and solar industries have welcomed US President Barack Obama’s new climate plan while European politicians see Washington’s move as a positive signal ahead of UN climate talks in Paris.
EU 'frustrated' as Russia gas talks break down
Bad will, legal disputes, and the "high politics" of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have, again, put EU gas transit at risk.
Norway bans pension fund from coal investment
Norwegian MPs have voted to ban Norway's pension fund from investing in coal firm, the largest political withdrawal of funds from fossil fuels.
Coal, oil, gas subsidies higher than public health spending
Around 1.6 million premature deaths would be prevented every year if the world's governments stopped subsidising fossil fuels, an IMF study has found.
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