SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

Commission's ‘methane strategy’ does not put enough emphasis on agricultural sector, say MEPs

Brussels, 15/10/2020 (Agence Europe)

In a discussion with Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson on Thursday 15 October, members of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) voiced a number of criticisms of the European Commission's new strategy to reduce methane (CH₄) emissions, and expressed particular regret about the lack of attention paid to the agriculture sector.

Maria Carvalho (EPP, Portugal) and Zdzisław Krasnodębski (ECR, Poland) said the strategy focuses mainly on methane emissions...