Janusz Kowalski, Poland’s Deputy Minister of State Assets: All EU policy is based on fiction

21 July 2020

Wojciech Cieśla

Environment/Dirty subsidies

Janusz Kowalski, Poland’s Deputy Minister of State Assets: All EU policy is based on fiction

Wojciech Cieśla

21 July 2020

About Dirty subsidies

2020 was supposed to be the year the EU would launch its ambitious plan to tackle the climate crisis. But why does Europe sabotage its climate goals by subsidising the fossil sector by more than €137 billion per year?

As part of our investigation into the European subsidies for fossil fuels, Investigate Europe’s Wojciech Ciesla spoke with the Polish politician to understand the country’s approach to the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Mr. Kowalski encouraged a more homegrown solution, pressing for the continuation of coal-based technologies. The ETS, he said, would not be a viable [...]

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