Regulation

Fuss over natural gas and nuclear power in EU taxonomy

Borssele nuclear power station

On the last day of the year, the European Commission secretly circulated a plan to classify the fossil fuel natural gas and nuclear power as ‘sustainable’ investments. It seems the Commission will not publicly consult on this plan - the second chapter of the EU ‘taxonomy’ - while it did so three times for the first chapter, which dealt with renewable energy. 

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