Energy and Climate – POLITICO

“This is not Europe’s war,” the EU tells Washington in a bruising rebuke on Iran even as oil prices rise.

Measures aim to soften the impact on Europeans of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

Budapest says farmers need cheaper fertilizer as prices rise, challenging an EU policy meant to curb funding for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

But some EU countries are pushing back on Trump’s threat to NATO if they don’t help clear the strait.

Berlin says Iran is “not NATO’s war.”

The European Commission is resisting pressure from some member countries to temporarily import Russian fossil fuels.

“It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” says U.S. president as Iran war drags on.

Leaders had hoped to focus on the bloc’s long-term competitiveness problem. Instead, they’re back to firefighting.

As Brussels prepares a ban on meaty names for vegetarian alternatives, plant-based dairy copycats are growing despite similar restrictions.

The pipeline has been offline since January after a Russian attack, and has been at the center of a bitter row between Ukraine and Hungary.

Trump called on the U.K., France, China and Japan, among others, to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

The Energy Department cited U.S. military dependence on foreign oil.

The president said only military assets were targeted on the island.

Trump’s social-media post is a potential public relations hurdle for an industry that has a complicated relationship with the president.

Last week, the chancellor told the U.S. president he was fully aligned on toppling the regime in Tehran. But his tone on the war is now souring sharply.

European livestock farmers will suffer if the law puts off U.S. producers.

As the Iran war disrupts oil and gas supply, Oslo is positioning itself as Europe’s energy-rich savior.

Ukraine’s leader says more money flowing to Moscow will fuel further destabilization in the Middle East.

“We want to ensure that Russia does not exploit the war in Iran to weaken Ukraine,” the German chancellor said.

Tanker backlogs, damaged energy infrastructure and threats in the Strait of Hormuz could keep gasoline prices elevated.

A war-fueled spike in oil and gas prices divides EU countries into the green and not-so-green.

Gustavo Petro tells POLITICO his continent is not a “land to be conquered,” as he criticizes American top diplomat Marco Rubio’s view of the world.

President Donald Trump on Thursday seemingly dismissed the market disruptions having a dramatic impact on the U.S. economy.

Rising costs for fuel and fertilizer will translate to higher grocery prices if the Strait of Hormuz stays blocked.