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Energy
Energy and environmental news from MLex provides insight on regulatory policies related to energy, climate change, the EU emissions trading system and related litigation. MLex reporters have deep relationships with EU and European national regulators; and monitor energy and environmental policies from pre-proposal thru to approval and any legal challenges. As a subscriber, you’ll gain a better understanding of the impact on energy regulation on companies, governments and consumer prices. The selected stories below represent some of the latest energy regulation news reporting from our journalists across the globe.
Recent Energy articles
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UK regulators are facing pressure to balance a push to roll out automated vehicles quickly and the public’s ongoing trust issues with the technology -
Carbon traders worldwide have seen rules governing an international market for emissions credits agreed at the UN climate conference COP26. -
EU gas-storage rules, a common gas-procurement system and changes to the design of the bloc’s electricity market -
UK charging stations for electric vehicles will see reduced barriers to connecting to the national electricity grid -
Energy companies contemplating lawsuits against EU governments over their climate plans -
EU countries will have to cut their energy consumption by at least 9 per cent by 2030 compared to 2020 levels -
Nuclear power’s status as an environmentally-friendly investment has been disputed by two rival scientific advisory groups. -
Covid-19 may have cleared the streets of climate-change activists such as the global movement Fridays for Future inspired by Greta Thunberg, but that doesn’t mean protest has been silenced. -
EU lawmakers’ hopes to significantly expand the bloc’s proposed climate law have been doused by national governments. -
US banks’ disclosures about the impact of climate change on their finances should be required over time to be uniform. -
The US SEC plans to develop disclosure regimes for companies facing climate change that could impact their finances. -
US Federal Reserve Official Kevin Stiroh has been named chief of a new group that will study the impact of global warming on financial institutions and markets. -
Securities regulators world-wide are “gravitating” to a view that companies’ global-warming disclosures should differ by industry sector. -
EU clean-energy investors shouldn’t hold their breath for a deal on planned bloc-wide rules to make climate neutrality by 2050 legally binding.
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A planned EU levy on carbon-intensive imports is likely to be proposed next year. -
Shippers and airlines operating in the EU have been reminded that the bloc plans to propose an expansion of its Emissions Trading System. -
The EU steel, transport and construction industries should be at the forefront of an “acceleration” of initiatives aimed at curbing emissions. -
Climate change looks set to become a point of contention in post-Brexit trade talks, with the EU pushing for stricter commitments. -
EU manufacturers will see mandatory "sustainability rules applicable to all products" proposed by the EC -
IT businesses in Europe are set to face new rules on energy efficiency and device repairability. -
World leaders' failure to agree on international commitments at the recent UN climate summit in Madrid may encourage the EU to beef up its policies and take a harder stance with its trade partners. -
Short-haul airlines including Ryanair, EasyJet and Wizz Air could see regulatory risk emerge over the next year from an unusual place: a group of European students with no formal power but big climate ambitions. -
Italian state-backed energy giant Eni has been fined 5 million euros ($5.6 million) by the national antitrust regulator for a misleading marketing campaign for its "Diesel+" fuel, the watchdog said today, in the country's first-ever ruling against "greenwashing."