A dozen environmental NGOs on Monday launched a legal challenge to the European Union’s decision to label gas and nuclear investments as green. Eight Greenpeace organisations as well as ClientEarth, WWF’s European Policy Office, Transport & Environment (T&E), and BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany) are taking part in the legal action. They argue that the inclusion of gas and nuclear in the EU Taxonomy — a planned EU classification to give the financial sector clarity on which economic activities can be considered sustainable backed by MEPs in early July \– violates the taxonomy regulation it…
