The EU Commission’s proposal to classify nuclear energy and gas-fired power plants as climate-friendly in some cases is causing a lot of criticism.
(dpa) Ursula von der Leyen’s EU Commission has caused horror among environmentalists and opponents of nuclear power with plans to indirectly support modern nuclear and gas-fired power plants. Organizations like Greenpeace and Deutsche Umwelthilfe accused the Brussels authority at the weekend of sending a completely wrong signal and undermining their own climate targets.