This week, Brussels. Next week, London. On 15 July, the EU ETS review proposal.
Three weeks that could shape how Europe prices climate action for the next decade — and a conversation that keeps leaving out its fastest, cheapest option.
1. LinkedIn Latest Newsletter - Methane Brief at
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2. Clean Exit: Coal Methane Abatement Archive -
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3. The footnote that makes coal's methane problem three times cheaper to fix
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EUSEW 2026 opens today: Europe's largest clean energy gathering, with more than 50 sessions across the decarbonisation framework, the 2030 and 2040 targets, and the European Green Deal. The agenda is loud about renewables and efficiency.
It is quiet about methane.
The Commission's live ETS assessment is examining scope expansion, the integration of carbon removals, and criteria for linking the EU ETS with other carbon markets. That is the opening. If methane abatement from coal mines can generate verified, tradable value under EU rules, the economics of one of the most underfunded climate interventions change entirely.
The science is already there. Coal mine methane is satellite-verified, immediately measurable, and fully additional. VAM oxidation removes more than 99% at the stack, at $7–20 per tonne of CO₂e — a fraction of direct air capture.
The policy window is open. The capital is not following yet.
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