Poland defies Brussels by keeping dependence on coal - FT
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Poland plans to prioritize reducing its reliance on Russian energy, and so sticking to coal, over signing up to the EU’s net-zero emissions target, Financial Times reported. The move is set to put Warsaw on a collision course with Brussels over climate policy after it declined to sign up to the EU goal of becoming the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050 in June.
Piotr Naimski, Poland’s chief strategic energy adviser, told the Financial Times that it was “not possible and not feasible” for Poland to meet the EU carbon-neutral targets by 2050. Coal would still generate up to half the country’s electricity in two decades’ time, he said.
