Global Briefing: EU seeks one-year delay to fossil fuel methane reporting rules

Michael Holder
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Plus France emissions projected to fall this year, Engie plots a major new biomethane plant, and Inter Milan's publishes its first sustainability plan

Fossil fuel firms look set to be given an extra year to comply with EU methane emissions reporting rules, after the European Commission on Wednesday proposed a postponement to the regulations in a bid...

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