Europe
Bulgaria is replacing Russian gas with U.S. LNG imported via Greece, but is also looking to enhance its role as a transit country for American gas to reach Ukraine.
The Trump administration wants a “full repeal” of Europe’s Methane Regulation, or at least a delay until 2035. The gas industry on both continents is also lobbying for a weakening of the rules.
The EU Parliament has adopted the Detailed Omnibus Directive that will simplify sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements, which critics say could further weaken the green agenda.
The Commission designated a staggering number of hydrogen pipelines and electrolyzers to its list of Projects of Common Interest. Critics warn the gamble could prolong fossil gas use and sidetrack Europe’s energy transition.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Norway must fully account for emissions from oil and gas projects, including downstream emissions. Experts call it a “game changer” and may make it much more difficult for oil and gas projects to move forward in Europe.
The IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook reaffirms that the energy transition continues to gain momentum, with coal and crude oil demand expected to peak before the end of the decade.
At a conference put on by the U.S. Department of Energy in Athens, a high-level American delegation pressed European governments to expand gas import infrastructure and buy more U.S. LNG.
The landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement has slowed emissions and accelerated the energy transition. A new report finds that forecasts from a decade ago significantly underestimated how quickly the clean tech revolution would take hold.
The EU is finalising a ban on Russian gas and LNG. But its dependence on American LNG has only increased, warn experts.
Plans to expand gas pipeline capacity in the Western Balkans risk significantly jeopardising the energy transition in the region.
The presence of hedge funds in gas markets has increased, leading to questions over their impact on gas prices, Gastech attendees heard.
Trump said the EU could avoid higher tariffs if it buys high amounts of oil and gas — but the numbers show this is unrealistic. The EU is negotiating, but is speeding up the deployment of renewables and readying trade retaliation.
Indoor air pollution from gas stoves was measured to be worse than levels detected outdoors in a dense urban area of London, according to a new study.
The news this week that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will not be present at COP29 in Baku is an unsettling development just days before the talks open.
For more than 50 years, the health and safety hazards of a petrochemicals complex in northern Spain have been worrying locals. Despite that, and the unease of such communities globally, UN talks this week failed to clinch a plastics treaty.
A landmark EU deal this week to impose methane emissions limits on oil and gas imports into Europe should spur global action at COP28.