Green

The farmers' demonstrations have already convinced Ursula von der Leyen to give up some pillars of the European "green strategy".And now others risk being set aside

Panasonic’s new US$4 billion battery factory in De Soto, Kansas, is designed to be a model of sustainability – it’s an all-electric factory with no need for a smokestack. When finished, it will cover the size of 48 football fields, employ 4,000 people and produce enough advanced batteries to supply half a million electric cars per year. But there’s a catch, and it’s a big one. While the factory will run on wind and solar power much of the time, renewables supplied only 34% of the local utility Evergy’s electricity in 2023. In much of the U.S., fossil fuels still play a key role in meeting power demand. In fact, Evergy has asked permission to extend the life of an old coal-fired power plant to meet growing demand, including from the battery factory. With my students at Wellesley College, I’ve been tracking the boom in investments in clean energy manufacturing and how those projects – including battery, solar panel and wind turbine...

The Italian MEPs (after having divided themselves in the commission) seem determined to keep a single front in view of the plenary on 22 November:«No reuse targets for those who recycle more than 85%»

Some exemptions requested by Italian MEPs pass.Tajani rejoices:«The populist drift towards excessive reuse which penalizes industry and agriculture has been stopped»

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