'Biggest greenwashing exercise of all time': EU presses ahead with inclusion of fossil gas in green investment taxonomy

Cecilia Keating
clock • 5 min read
'Biggest greenwashing exercise of all time': EU presses ahead with inclusion of fossil gas in green investment taxonomy

Criteria for gas plants’ inclusion in EU green finance rulebook set out in official documents are less stringent than leaked proposals, sparking fierce criticism from environmental campaigners

The European Commission has confirmed it intends to press ahead with controversial plans to allow certain fossil gas investments to be labelled as 'green' under its new sustainable investment taxonomy,...

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