My articles about Energy Policy

4. December 20254. December 2025 | Thomas Waitz

Chief Raoni, the Kayapó and the Fight Against Amazon Deforestation

At the end of October, I had the great honour of spending five days in the village of Metuktire in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, right in the middle of the […]

Energy Policy

29. November 202419. December 2024 | Thomas Waitz

Commissioners-designate face the European …

An important moment at the beginning of the new legislative period of the European Parliament is the hearing of the Commissioners-designate. After...

29. April 202326. April 2023 | Thomas Waitz

A European way out of the energy crisis

The energy crisis particularly affects the poorest people in Europe and is thus also a threat to social peace. It is now...

6. July 20226. July 2022 | Thomas Waitz

Taxonomy: Greenwashing Gas and Nuclear

By including gas and nuclear power in the taxonomy, the European Commission has taken this important instrument ad absurdum.

18. March 202213. December 2022 | Thomas Waitz

The EU taxonomy and “sustainable” …

Gas and nuclear energy are included, even though neither is a sustainable forms of energy. The Greens/EFA demand to remove gas and...

19. October 202119. October 2021 | Thomas Waitz

PAKS-2 Local inspection with experts: …

In the blazing midday heat, our delegation consisting of myself and the energy spokesman in the Austrian National Council, Martin Litschauer, arrived...

6. October 202018. March 2021 | Thomas Waitz

Urgent call: Reform the EURATOM Treaty

Together with civil society, we are sending this open letter to Ursula von der Leyen und Charles Michel and demanding for the...