Nuclear, Gas Win EU Court Boost in Blow to Green Groups (2)

Austria lost a bid to topple the European Union’s decision to include gas and nuclear power in the bloc’s green rulebook, marking a defeat for environmental activists who fear they will be able to tap billions of euros of state aid and cheaper private finance.

Judges at the bloc’s General Court said EU regulators were allowed to declare the two energy sources as clean under the so-called taxonomy if certain conditions are met. The court ruled that they could “contribute substantially” to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The European Commission “was entitled to take the view that nuclear energy ...