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Omnibus I/CS3D: "This is politics, and politics at its worst" (Lara Wolters, MEP / S&D / Netherlands)

"Earlier this year, the EU Commission took a U-turn on its social and climate commitments in a sweeping deregulation drive. This was exemplified by the widely criticised Omnibus I proposal, which was pushed through without public consultation and any impact assessment, allowing them to reopen and…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 412572
• Published on 24/09/25 at 13:29
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FR / Offshore wind: TotalEnergies and RWE win French tender 8, tender 7 unsuccessful

The Cotentin Energies Marines consortium, made up of TotalEnergies and RWE, has won the "Centre Manche 2" (AO8 / Appel d'Offres 8) offshore wind farm tender, the French government announced on 24/09/2025. However, "following a strategic review of its investments, RWE has expressed the wish to…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 412604
• Published on 24/09/25 at 12:01
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"New renewable energy capacities do not replace fossil fuels" (Valérie Besson, KPMG)

"Renewable energies are reaching record levels of development, but to cover only 80% of the growing demand for energy. In the end, new renewable capacities are adding to fossil fuels but not replacing them," Valérie Besson, partner at KPMG France and Head of the French energy, natural resources…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 412538
• Published on 24/09/25 at 09:21
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EUDR: "a clear lack of political will to invest sufficiently in a timely implementation" (NGOs and MEPs)

"The law on deforestation was adopted nearly three years ago, and its entry into force has already been postponed for a year. A further postponement for technical weakness is simply deplorable. This is very bad news, both for the fight against global deforestation and for companies that have…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, European bodies, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 412487
• Published on 24/09/25 at 09:00
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EUDR: Commission to postpone entry into force for one more year, EP and Council's approval necessary

The European Commission wants to postpone the entry into force of the EUDR (⁦EU Deforestation Regulation) by one year, from the 31/12/2025 to the 31/12/2026. This postponement is due to an IT technical problem, according to a source at the Commission, as the in-house system, which is used in more…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity
• Article # 412454
• Published on 23/09/25 at 18:04
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"The fossil fuel industry is the key player in Brussels" (Pascoe Sabido, Corporate Europe)

"The fossil fuel industry has always been the key player in Brussels. We have seen a shift from coal to gas. The coal industry has been sacrificed witthat gas is clean and the ideal partner for renewables. And the renewables lobby has stopped calling for 100% renewables in Europe's energy mix by…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Policies & Regulation, Renewable energies
• Article # 412426
• Published on 23/09/25 at 15:00
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Offshore wind: preliminary injonction granted by an US court to resume work on Revolution Wind wind farm

A federal court in the District of Columbia (USA) has granted a preliminary injunction for the resumption of work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm, pending a lawsuit challenging the stoppage of work, Orsted reported on 22/09/2025. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (Boem) had…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Renewable energies
• Article # 412453
• Published on 23/09/25 at 14:29
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Nature credits: "New tools are necessary to finance investments in nature" (DG ENVI/Commission)

A roadmap to close the financing gap identified in nature protection and restoration, by allowing the private sector to invest in nature : that was the subject of the "Roadmap to Nature Credits" presented by the European Commission to the ENVI Committee at the European Parliament in Brussels on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Biodiversity
• Article # 412423
• Published on 23/09/25 at 14:13
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EU: publication of the marketing authorisation of products containing GM maize DP51291 (OJEU)

The Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1898 of 22/09/2025 authorising the marketing of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize DP51291, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council, is published in the OJEU…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 412419
• Published on 23/09/25 at 11:57
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FR / Agrivoltaics: "A framework to preserve Normandy's agricultural potential" (Hervé Morin)

"Faced with the huge proliferation of agrivoltaic projects, we wanted to establish a framework with a simple aim: to preserve Normandy's agricultural potential. We have drawn up a guide that will serve as our benchmark for assessing agrivoltaic projects. Most of France's agricultural potential in…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Renewable energies
• Article # 412403
• Published on 23/09/25 at 11:28