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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU includes gas and nuclear in guidebook for ‘green’ investments

Protesters wearing masks of Ursula von der Leyen, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron gather around a mock Green Deal grave in Brussels, Belgium.
Protesters wearing masks of Ursula von der Leyen, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron gather around a mock Green Deal grave in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/EPA

The European Commission has been accused of undermining its climate goals after it defied critics by pushing ahead with plans to include gas and nuclear in an EU guidebook for “green” investments.

Gas and nuclear were deemed bridge technologies to meet the EU’s target of net zero emissions by 2050, in long-awaited proposals on the EU’s “taxonomy for environmentally sustainable economic activities”, which were published on Wednesday.

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