EU accused of climate crisis hypocrisy after backing 32 gas projects
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Z8RH)
MEPs support a29bn schemes, 'locking Europe into burning fossil fuels for generations'
The EU has given its formal backing to 32 major gas infrastructure projects in a move critics say will lock Europe into burning fossil fuels for generations.
MEPs voted to support the European commission's proposal by 443 votes to 169 on Wednesday, with 36 abstentions, provoking environmental groups to lament Brussels' "hypocrisy" over the climate emergency.
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