{"id":13939,"date":"2022-07-12T09:04:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T07:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/gas-and-nuclear-included-in-green-taxonomy-following-european-parliament-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:51:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:51:19","slug":"gas-and-nuclear-included-in-green-taxonomy-following-european-parliament-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/gas-and-nuclear-included-in-green-taxonomy-following-european-parliament-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas and nuclear included in &#8220;green&#8221; taxonomy following European Parliament vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-BySGcc9o9 tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"90px 0px 90px 0px\"}' data-padding-top='90px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-Skgrf9c9j9\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-B1ZHGccqj9\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-HkMSGcqqjc   \" ><style>.tatsu-HkMSGcqqjc .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner \">\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">Under certain conditions and on a transitional basis, the financing of gas and nuclear activities could therefore be considered sustainable or climate change mitigating (if coal is replaced by gas, for example) from 2023 onwards.  <\/span><span class=\"swatch-white\">The Commission justifies this decision on the grounds that renewable energies are not a sufficient source of energy to meet the growing demand for electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"swatch-white\">&#8220;Making gas a transition energy via taxonomy conflicts with all climate regulations&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span class=\"swatch-white\">Marta Toporek, legal expert at ClientEarth, specializing in European environmental law.&nbsp;<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap   tatsu-B1QSG5ccj9   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.ouest-france.fr\/europe\/ue\/le-parlement-europeen-plie-et-inclut-le-gaz-et-le-nucleaire-dans-la-taxonomie-verte-664ee128-fd2d-11ec-aa44-bce3dd868bb2?utm_source=sendinblue_of_newsletter-europe&amp;mgo_eu=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;mgo_l=nv3ZDrwZQYS34J110iVAoA.10.1&amp;utm_campaign=of_newsletter-europe&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=847068&amp;vid=5369237&amp;mediego_euid=5369237\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"Ouest France (FR)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ouest France (FR)<\/a><style>.tatsu-B1QSG5ccj9 .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(232,219,208,1);color: #ffffff ;border-width: 1px;border-color: rgba(230,255,0,1); 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Opponents see the inclusion of nuclear power and gas as a contradictory message from the European Union, going against its climate commitments.  <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/gas-and-nuclear-included-in-green-taxonomy-following-european-parliament-vote\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13954,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939\/revisions\/13954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}