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Climate change activists demand EU ministers stop spending billions on dirty energy
Linz, Austria/Brussels – Greenpeace activists challenged EU energy ministers meeting in Linz to stop using billions of public money to fund coal, gas and nuclear energy, which heat the climate, contaminate the environment and endanger lives.
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Stuck in 1957: EU court rejects challenge to state aid for Hinkley nuclear plant
The EU General Court has rejected a challenge by Austria and Luxembourg to a European Commission decision to allow UK state subsidies for the construction and operation of the Hinkley…
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European Parliament committee restricts controversial subsidies to coal, gas and nuclear plants
Brussels – The European Parliament’s energy committee has proposed restrictions for controversial subsidies for energy utilities in its vote on the energy market reform. So-called capacity mechanisms – national subsidies…
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Commission green light for Paks state aid ignores Orbán takeover of nuclear regulator
Brussels – The European Commission has given a green light to state subsidies for the construction of the Paks II nuclear power plant in Hungary. The decision is irresponsible and…
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Greenpeace letter to the European Commission on Hungarian nuclear regulator plan
Please click on the link below to read the full letter. – 2016094 Letter to EC on Hungarian nuclear regulator plan
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Greenpeace letter to the European Commission on public procurement infringements for the Paks II nuclear project
Please click on the link below to read the full letter. – 2016094 Letter to EC on Paks II public procurement infringements
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Greenpeace comment on Commission’s proposal to fund nuclear research
Brussels – Following ‘Der Spiegel’ article [1] about a leaked new EU proposal to fund nuclear energy research, Greenpeace EU energy policy adviser Bram Claeys said: “The suggestion that public…
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Flawed Commission analysis backs new subsidies for obsolete power plants
Brussels – The European Commission today published preliminary findings of its inquiry into public funding schemes for power plants, known as “capacity mechanisms”. The seriously flawed analysis backs these subsidies,…
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Hungary: possible state aid to Paks II nuclear plant
. Greenpeace’s submission on possible state aid to Paks II nuclear power station, February 2016: State aid SA.38454 (2015C) Greenpeace