EU Lawmakers Ditch Green Bond Standard Plan to Cut Nuclear, Gas
- Members opposed plan to de-link standard from green rulebook
- Economy committee members to vote on standard next week
A proposal by the Commission earlier this year to include gas and nuclear in its green rulebook is currently in the hands of member states and Parliament.
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EU lawmakers have abandoned plans to shelve nuclear and gas power from the green bond standard regulation, amid widespread opposition.
Members of the European Parliament’s economy committee failed to build enough support for an amendment that would have excluded the two controversial technologies from the rules, according to an email seen by Bloomberg sent by the lawmaker in charge of the file Paul Tang to lawmakers.