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The EU’s new regulation on methane has been coming back like a boomerang in recent weeks. The regulation is being discussed in the European Parliament and, according to the Polish government (and not only), may lead to the collapse of the Polish coal and coke mining sector.

At this year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, China and the United States agreed to strengthen cooperation on climate policy. The two biggest CO2 emitters, which compete on many fronts, have in part found common ground and presented a joint plan. However, it included a point that the Chinese decided to reject – writes Jędrzej […]

The 2-week COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference will start on October 31 in Glasgow. Though methane emission reduction is not in the limelight for this session, it will be a topic for hallway conversations. In particular, taking into account that the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions was adopted one year ago in the […]

The Fit for 55 scheme is a radical proposal to rid the economy of fossil fuels, for which the poorest will pay if an additional support mechanism is not offered. If the EU climate policy doesn’t spread to its foreign partners, it will kill Europe’s economy instead of facilitating its innovativeness. Poland is planning to […]

The news about methane leaks recently published by Gazprom shows that this problem carries more importance for Russia than the fight with CO2 emissions. Soon EU regulations may challenge the gas industry in that country – Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl, writes.

In response to BiznesAlert.pl’s questions, German MEP Jutta Paulus (Greens/EFA) spoke about the EU’s methane strategy.

On the 14th of October this year, the European Commission adopted the EU methane strategy. The 21-page document provides a framework for an EU policy on decreasing the emissions of the second most important greenhouse gas in the 2030 and 2050 perspectives. Contrary to the fight against CO2 emissions, the EU may play a key […]

Today the European Commission will present its methane strategy. Lobbyists are already working to use the ensuing regulations to promote gas from Russia and block LNG from the U.S. – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.