- The government has launched the first stage of a process to help households instal solar panels to heat water, thus helping keep energy costs low for lower-income families.
- Slovakia is calling on the European Union to do something about the high profits some EU countries make when reselling cheap Slovak electricity, threatening to use it for their households and producers but at a far lower price.
- Industry voices and conservative politicians are exercising pressure on the EU to delay reforms, and fear that the deadlines will be further extended, thus jeopardising the toxic-free environment goal of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS).
The Green Brief: Are you heating yet?
