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Austria to take EU to court over ‘greenwashing’ of gas and nuclear
Austria needs the European Court docket of Justice to rule on whether or not the Fee was allowed to subject a Delegated Act to label gasoline and nuclear as inexperienced, the nation’s minister stated on Wednesday.
A controversial plan by the European Fee to incorporate gasoline and nuclear in its taxonomy — a deliberate EU classification to present the monetary sector readability on which financial actions might be thought-about sustainable — was authorised by MEPs final week with Austria instantly asserting it is going to problem the vote in courtroom.
Talking from Luxembourg forward of an off-the-cuff assembly of EU setting ministers on Wednesday, Leonore Gewessler harassed that “from the very starting, Austria was strongly against greenwashing fossil gasoline and to greenwashing nuclear within the taxonomy.”
“We are going to file a lawsuit on the European Court docket of Justice to forestall this greenwashing programme, I can not name it in any other case, to return into power.”
“There’s a authorized interval of two months after the entry into power that’s there to file the go well with for the annulment of the laws underneath the treaties,” she defined, including: “In fact, we are going to respect this timeframe.”
Luxembourg has additionally introduced it is going to flip to the courts over the difficulty however Gewessler stated different member states may be a part of them.
“A number of different states have been very important of, and really vocal additionally, of their criticism on the delegated act and so we may even search for additional allies within the lawsuit,” she advised reporters.
Environmental NGOs, together with Greenpeace and WWF, have additionally condemned the vote by the European Parliament with Greenpeace additionally contemplating a authorized problem.
Opponents argue that including branding gasoline and nuclear as sustainable may result in billions of euros being invested in these two vitality powers fairly than in renewables or different inexperienced applied sciences which might, in flip, endanger commitments made underneath the Paris Local weather Settlement in addition to the European Local weather Legislation.
These plan for the bloc to grow to be the world’s first carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and to chop its greenhouse gasoline emissions by no less than 55% by 2030, in comparison with 1990 ranges.
The taxonomy, the Austrian setting minister harassed on Wednesday, is “a instrument the place monetary markets, buyers, odd individuals who wish to make investments their cash into one thing good and helpful and inexperienced and climate-friendly must have the understanding that wherever there’s a inexperienced label on, they’re actually inexperienced initiatives.”
“So neither fossil gasoline, nor nuclear fulfil the standards for actually actually inexperienced investments. And we additionally query whether or not the Fee has the facility to manage this in a delegated act, and all of this can be put within the lawsuit,” she concluded.
Lawmakers from South Korea’s governing party protested on Friday against a vote to impeach the country’s acting president, Han Duck-soo. The motion, which passed 192-0, came less than two weeks after President Yoon Suk Yeol was also ousted by the opposition in the National Assembly.
The frantic search for a Norwegian Cruise Line passenger who went overboard has been called off.
A spokesperson for the cruise line confirmed to Fox News Digital that the 51-year-old went overboard from Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Epic late Thursday afternoon.
The incident was first noted at approximately 3 p.m. as Norwegian Epic was sailing from Ocho Rios, Jamaica en route to Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.
The passenger was on the cruise with his family, the spokesperson said. The cruise left from Port Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, Dec. 21 and was a seven-night Western Caribbean voyage.
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The cruise liner Norwegian Jewel built at the ship yard Meyer in Papenburg, northern Germany, goes down the river Ems. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File)
The cruise line said that authorities were quickly notified and search and rescue efforts were immediately implemented.
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“After an extensive search that was unfortunately unsuccessful, the ship was released by the authorities to continue its voyage,” the spokesperson said.
The Norwegian Epic, which was built in 2010 and refurbished in 2020, has 19 decks. (Norwegian Cruise Line)
Norwegian Cruise Line said the passenger’s loved ones on board were “being attended to and supported during this very challenging situation.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones during this difficult time,” the spokesperson added.
The Norwegian Epic, which was built in 2010 and refurbished in 2020, has 19 decks. It can accommodate 4,070 passengers with double occupancy of its cabins and has 1,724 crew members.
It was not immediately clear what caused the man to go overboard. The man has not been identified.
After food prices soared in 2021 and 2022, over five essential food products saw price drops in 2024, including milk and cereals.
In 2024, agricultural prices in the European Union saw a modest decline, falling by 2% compared to 2023.
This price decline followed sharp increases in 2021 and 2022 that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather conditions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Despite a surge in olive oil prices in 2024, the prices of cereals dropped by 15%, eggs by 8%, and vegetables and horticultural products declined by 2%.
The price of pigs and poultry also shrank by 7% and 8%, respectively.
According to Eurostat figures, milk prices decreased in 16 EU countries in 2024.
The sharpest decline was recorded in Finland with a 12% drop in prices, followed by Portugal with 10% and Spain with 8%.
By contrast, the sharpest increase was in Ireland with a 15% rise in prices, followed by Lithuania with 11% and Latvia with 10%.
In terms of production, the cost of seeds and veterinary services rose by 3%.
However, prices for fertilisers and soil improvers plummeted by 18%, food for animals by 11%, and plant protection products and pesticides by 2%.
Commission measures between farmers and buyers
After a year in which farmers have protested regularly, the EU Commission has presented an initiative to ensure they receive fair compensation and are no longer forced to sell products below production costs.
The proposed measures include mandatory written contracts that require buyers to clearly outline key terms such as price, quantity, and delivery timelines, taking into account market conditions and cost fluctuations.
The package also introduces a regulation to enhance enforcement of the Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) Directive, which was adopted five years ago but remains largely unimplemented.
Video editor • Mert Can Yilmaz
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