Tag: subsidy
How the far right turned heat pumps into electoral rocket fuel – POLITICO
When they write the book on the downfall of liberal democracy, will it begin with the heat pumps?
Immediately outside the main train station in the German city of Wiesbaden, an election poster has been tied high up on a lamppost, out of reach of those who would tear it down in the belief that it’s a harbinger of fascism once again spreading across the country. The subject? Not scary depictions of migrants. Nor the overreach of the European Union.
Billionaire rethinking new UK green investment after Sunak backs ‘failed tech’ carbon capture – POLITICO
LONDON — An Australian billionaire says he may step back from investing in U.K. green technologies after the government announced new backing for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
Andrew Forrest, an international investor and climate philanthropist, said U.K. government plans to put billions of pounds into CCS meant “putting Britain’s hopes [on] failed technology.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on Monday that the government would be investing in CCS projects in Northeast Scotland and the Humber.
The government has
More jaw jaw than war war – POLITICO
This article is part of the Europe’s strategic impotence Special Report.
War is usually a boon for the military-industrial complex. But that’s not happening for Europe’s defense industry — yet.
More than a year into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, contracts have been slow to materialize, the Continent’s industrial base is still in tatters following decades of underinvestment, and fierce competition looms from outside Europe.
Politicians eager to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s aggression and beef up the Continent’s forces
Willkommen to the EU’s green subsidy open bar – EURACTIV.com
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The European Commission has signalled a temporary relaxation of EU state aid rules as part of an upcoming ‘Net-Zero Industry Act’ aimed at bolstering the bloc’s clean tech industries.
The initiative, announced in Davos last week by Commission President Ursula von