Under US pressure, EU moves to soften rules for fighting climate superpollutant – POLITICO

Under #US pressure, #EU moves to soften rules for fighting #climate #superpollutant 
▻https://www.politico.eu/article/under-us-pressure-eu-softens-climate-superpollutant-methane-rules

BRUSSELS — The #European_Union is bowing to demands from the #United_States and the #fossil_fuel industry that it scale back its efforts to fight a planet-warming superpollutant.

The EU in 2021 vowed to curb emissions of #methane and drew up legislation that forces the oil and gas sector to limit emissions of the powerful #greenhouse #gas, which is responsible for around a third of the global rise in #temperatures since the industrial era.

Now, however, #Brussels is poised to significantly weaken enforcement of its flagship methane #regulation, granting fossil fuel companies the freedom to pollute with a focus on protecting the continent’s energy security, according to a draft document seen by POLITICO.

Les chinois imposent aux européens des tas de choses, en tendant des pièges avec des billets pour des matchs de foot.
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