The target is the Mina do Barroso, an open-pit lithium mine planned by London-listed mining developer Savannah Resources. It would be one of the largest in Western Europe.
Europe’s failure to shield workers from extreme heat is becoming an €800bn threat to jobs, wages, and national budgets, as farms and construction sites grind to a halt.
The European Commission previously said it chose EQT because of its shared ambition to “scale deep-tech innovation in Europe”, despite the firm being best known for buying established companies.
Shell records disclosed in a UK court case show the company kept a major Nigerian pipeline running despite warnings that oil theft was causing spills across the Niger Delta.
EU companies have largely escaped any downfall from Trump’s tariffs. “The people who pay US tariffs are the importers,” said one EU official.
International flights arriving in Europe from destinations within 5,000 km will be required to pay for their CO2 emissions from 2029 as part of a major overhaul of the EU’s emissions trading system announced on Friday.
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According to Devan Pillay of Schneider Electric, it’s not just grids and prices holding electrification back. It’s also change-resistant engineers of the older generation that are running plants today. “Their attitude is: if it works, let’s leave it.”
The EU Commission has set up a series of ‘work streams’ on trade policy with China, but says that ‘dialogue will not suffice’ and is still planning to take a series of measures to control its trade deficit with Beijing.
Faced with the end of the EU’s post-pandemic fund, the bloc’s leaders are using the cash to finance new sovereign investment funds.
German politicians duped into thinking a new subsidy scheme only benefits Chinese electric vehiclesA previous German electric vehicle subsidy scheme massively benefited Volkswagen, which had invested heavily in expensive cars that only the rich could afford. Now it’s set to cut 100,000 jobs and close four factories in Germany.
MEPs have also warned against the EU’s new corporate ’28th regime’ being used to create a European equivalent to the US state of Delaware.
According to a leaked draft of the EU Commission’s Electrification Action Plan Brussels will propose a binding electrification target later this year as part of a wider post-2030 energy package.
Chinese oversupply still poses a major threat to the EU’s car industry, single market commissioner Stephane Séjourné told MEPs on Tuesday.
New research has found that most strawberries contain significant residues of pesticides that disrupt the body’s natural hormones.
The alliance of 11 green groups plans to push the EU Commission to open infringement proceedings against governments that continue to allow bottom trawling in protected areas.
The EU methane regulation “has become a defining test of Europe’s ability to maintain ambitious climate and energy policies” the US lawmakers wrote.
EU budget commissioner Piotr Serafin warned “the alternative to European spending is more national spending” – adding that defence, energy security and research “will have to be financed one way or another.”
China is set to face tougher restrictions on its steel exports to Europe under a new formula set out by the EU Commission.
Nearly half of EU member states, oil and gas companies and the US administration claim the EU’s methane regulation is unfinished, causes legal risks, and could disrupt Europe’s gas supplies. But does it?
After months of rhetorical disputes and the threat of new trade defence measures, top EU and Chinese trade officials have set themselves an October deadline to resolve their disputes.
