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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12833

17 November 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate/finance
Over 20 MEPs urge Commission to keep fossil gas and nuclear out of EU taxonomy
Brussels, 16/11/2021 (Agence Europe)

A coalition of 21 national and European Members of Parliament from different political groups sent a joint letter to the European Commission on Tuesday 16 November calling on it not to classify nuclear power and fossil gas as “sustainable” investments in the European Union’s taxonomy.

The Commission should exclude gas and nuclear power from the Green Taxonomy - a classification system designed to help investors by determining which economic activities can be considered sustainable...

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