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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev making a speech.

Europe plotting to keep last remaining Russia-Ukraine gas pipeline flowing with Azerbaijan’s help

By Ewa Krukowska, Petra Sorge, and others

Protesters lead a model of the grim reaper as Solidarity organisation and Polish farmers protest with Polish and Solidarity flags and anti Green Deal banners at Royal Castle Square

Europe’s landmark Green Deal at risk after EU elections slash Green MEP headcount by 25%

By Ewa Krukowska and Bloomberg

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Protests, pandemics, and prices push Europe into reforming its Green Deal

By Ewa Krukowska and Bloomberg

A photo shows the hard coal-fired power plant Scholven operated by the German energy group Uniper in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany on April 29, 2022. – According to media reports from April 28, 2022, Uniper is preparing to pay Russian gas in euros to be converted into roubles. Making transactions over this payment system are undermining the European Union’s sanctions against Russia, critics say. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

The EU just reached a deal to overhaul its carbon market to hit its 2030 climate goal—despite an ongoing energy crisis

By Ewa Krukowska, John Ainger, and others

Programmable radiator controller on a radiator on April 12, 2022 in Berlin, Germany

EU to propose gas price cap for avoiding ‘extreme volatility’ as winter looms in an energy crisis

By John Ainger, Ewa Krukowska, and others

High voltage cables and pylons are pictured during an heatwave as demand for electricity surges. The current drought and heatwave in France (as elsewhere in Europe) put the french national grid under strains. The lack of water pushed French authorities to exempt nuclear power plants of duties. For exemple, no water should be released at more than 28°C in rivers after cooling nuclear reactors, but, as the Garonne river temperature reaches 29°C, the french government authorizes the Golfech nuclear plant (amid other) to release water at a maximun of 31.3°C in the Garonne river. The French goverment says it’s necessary to avoid a black out. Toulouse. France. July 22th 2022. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

EU set to take steps toward energy rationing with mandatory power-demand cut

By Ewa Krukowska, Lenka Ponikelska, and others

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez Attends German Government Cabinet Retreat At Schloss Meseberg

Europe looks ahead anxiously to a winter of energy rationing. ‘The EU is now in the red zone’

By Vanessa Dezem, Rachel Morison, and others

Russian Oil Fields

G-7 backs price-cap plan for Russian oil that would limit revenue

By Alberto Nardelli, Ewa Krukowska, and others

A portrait of late Italian automobile designer and industrialist, founder of Italian luxury sports car manufactuerer Lamborgini, Ferruccio Lamborghini is pictured at the stand of a Museum dedicated to him in Modena, Northern Italy, during the Motor Valley Fest, the fair of luxury and sport brands of cars and motorbikes factories based in the Emilia-Romagna region, on May 27, 2022. – If Tuscany has Chianti, the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna has “Motor Valley”, an area that boasts one of the highest concentrations of luxury sports cars and motorbikes in the world. The so-called Land of Motors, covering around 1,000 square kilometres of prime agricultural land roughly between Bologna and Modena, is home to Lamborghini and Ferrari, Maserati and Ducati, in addition to less well-known brands. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe calls the end of the combustion engine era with deal to eliminate CO2-emitting cars by 2035

By John Ainger, Ewa Krukowska, and others

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), points on a map of the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as he informs the press about the situation of nuclear powerplants in Ukraine during a special press conference at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria on March 4, 2022. – Grossi offered to travel to Chernobyl in order to negotiate with Ukraine and Russia to try to ensure the security of Ukraine’s nuclear sites. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP) (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe urges fast action on Ukrainian nuclear plants’ safety

By Ewa Krukowska and Bloomberg

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 12: Greenpeace activists hold a protest in the action zone on November 12, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Day twelve of the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will focus on advancing action in the places we live, from communities to cities and regions. This is the 26th “Conference of the Parties” and represents a gathering of all the countries signed on to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Climate Agreement. The aim of this year’s conference is to commit countries to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Countries agree to new global climate deal in Glasgow

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Ewa Krukowska, and others

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen poses as she welcomes Kosovo Prime Minister before their meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on April 29, 2021. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe seeks to fast-track its big bets on hydrogen, 5G and blockchain

By Ewa Krukowska and Bloomberg

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, delivered a State of the Union address in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 that called for tougher emissions targets. Wire photography: Geert Vanden Wijngaert—Bloomberg via Getty Images

Europe doubles down on a pandemic recovery plan that’s green to the core

By Ewa Krukowska, Jonathan Stearns, and others

Flags of European Union (EU) member state fly outside the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg, on Monday, July 15, 2019. Brexit has made Luxembourg a favorite EU hub for insurers, funds and asset managers to relocate to from the U.K. Moves include those by insurance giant American International Group Inc., private-equity firm Blackstone, RSA Insurance Group Plc, U.S. insurer FM Global, Lloyd's of London insurer Hiscox Plc and asset manager M&G Investments. Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘A Quantum Leap in Its Ambition’: Europe’s Investment Bank Will Stop Funding Fossil Fuel Projects

By Ewa Krukowska and Bloomberg