Fossil fuels

Green Deal architect Diederik Samsom says he regrets failing to tell the European Commission he was going to work for Gasunie.

Diederik Samsom, a former top aide to Frans Timmermans, will join Gasunie supervisory board next month.

It’s a notable evolution in strategy for the EU, and came after Germany and Hungary held up a deal for weeks.

Daniel Obajtek’s case also a first test for how the new European Parliament will deal with rule of law issues.

A UN climate conference in Bonn ground to an irritated halt as everyone waits on the US election.

The bloc had previously said it would let a Ukrainian gas transit deal with Russia expire at the year’s end.

Clampdown on firms selling cigarettes, unhealthy food and drink, booze and fossil fuels, WHO says.

Whether voters realize it or not, the EU’s goal to end global warming contributions by 2050 is on the ballot.

Less than a month out from the U.K. election, the SNP is taking a new approach to an industry that affects hundreds of thousands of Scottish jobs.

With the EU expected to swing right in this week’s election, nature-protection laws are drying up.

The Greens have pivoted to talking about the Middle East conflict as they try to peel off Labour votes on the left.

Officials are discussing novel methods to target Russian exports — including fossil fuels — without the support of countries like Hungary.

The climbdown comes after the EU threatened legal action and capitals warned the fees were making it harder to quit Russian energy.

Joe Biden’s decision to pause new LNG projects rattled Europe, which is increasingly reliant on the US product.

Budapest opposes measures “that might have a negative impact on EU gas market” — a stance that could kill the EU’s effort to squeeze Moscow’s gas revenue.

Hosting the prestigious U.N. talks is drawing unwanted attention to the oil-and-gas-rich nation’s foreign influence networks and political crackdowns.

A new sanctions proposal is expected to target Russia’s liquified natural gas for the first time, but the measures would only cover a quarter of Moscow’s profits.

President Ilham Aliyev used a Berlin climate speech to push for major foreign investments to boost its natural gas exports to Europe.

The rollback came after capitals expressed “concerns” about the climate-friendly reforms, a document seen by POLITICO reveals.

The Nordic nation still has a long way to go to leave behind its history as Europe’s biggest oil and gas explorer.

A competitive, green Europe will require trillions in investments. No one has a good answer on where that money will come from.

France has paid Russia over €600 million this year for liquefied natural gas, new data shows. That’s an EU-leading rise from last year.