European Commission accused of acting unlawfully in two separate cases bought by environment groups
organisations including France, Germany and EU office in Brussels are asking the court to rule the inclusion of gas and nuclear invalid.
Gas and nuclear had been included because of “politically motivated lobbying”, Treu said. Greenpeace will tell the court that gas cannot be considered a “transition fuel” because any gas-powered plant that comes online today will still be running beyond 2050. – will delay the move away from coal power, hinder development of renewables, risk accidents and create pollution. “Nuclear is dangerous, expensive, vulnerable to climate change and too slow to stop the climate breakdown,” Treu said.that resulted in Germany’s climate protection laws being ruled inadequate by the country’s constitutional court in 2021.
The lawsuit was “essentially an enforcement claim”, she said. “Observe your own law. Actually carry through with theThe EU taxonomy became law in July 2020, but legislators left important details to be resolved through so-called delegated acts – secondary legislation meant for technical issues that is not subject to the same degree of ministerial and parliamentary oversight.The separate legal challenge by the coalition including Client Earth and WWF covers the inclusion of gas but not nuclear.
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