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Austria gears up to fight EU ‘green’ nuclear energy plan
(EurActiv, 19 Jan 2022) As the EU moves to label energy from nuclear power and natural gas as “green” investments, Austria is gearing up to fight this, including with a legal complaint
The European Commission is consulting with member states and European lawmakers until Friday (21 January) on its plans.
A final text could be published by end of the month and would become EU law effective from 2023 if a majority of member states or the EU Parliament fail to oppose it.
“Neither of these two forms of energy is sustainable and therefore has no place in the taxonomy regulation,” Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler told AFP in an interview this week in her eighth-floor office overlooking the Danube canal that flows through central Vienna.
“If the Commission continues to work with this proposal and implements it then it is clear that we will take legal action,” the Green politician added.
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