The European Commission will officially present its new gas package today. With it, the authority wants to create a legal framework for hydrogen and other low-carbon gases. But environmentalists warn that the drafts contradict the EU's climate goals. In particular the plan to use hydrogen to heat buildings has drawn criticism.
By Timo Landenberger
The chancellor is traveling to his first appearance in the circle of heads of state and government. Strong new impulses are hardly to be expected from Olaf Scholz.
By Till Hoppe
For an equitable structural shift away from fossil fuels, the enormous gaps in climate protection measures must be closed – between what is necessary for a 1.5 degree path and what is currently being done and planned. Jörg Haas and Lili Fuhr of the Heinrich Böll Foundation provide an analysis.
By Redaktion Table
Almost quietly, Jan Huitema (Renew) presented his draft report on tightening the CO2 limits for passenger cars and vans last week. The Dutch MEP wants to raise the interim targets proposed by the Commission and calls for a reconsideration of the emissions of plug-in hybrids. This is no easy task, because his draft is already attracting criticism from all political camps.
By Lukas Knigge
On Wednesday, the European Commission wants to present the revision of the gas market regulations and thus pave the way for low-carbon fuels. In the long term, hopes rest in particular on green hydrogen. But the associated regulatory chaos is jeopardizing the energy transition, observers say. The criteria for production, in particular, are drawing a lot of criticism.
By Timo Landenberger
