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Europe wants to attract US scientists and protect academic freedom
European Commission’s new research commissioner, Ekaterina Zaharieva, said that the EU’s research programme should be subsumed into a wider EU competitiveness fund, targeted at reviving the economy. Zaharieva is the European Union’s new commissioner for start-ups, research and innovation. She said the successor to the EU’s 93.5 billion research programme will begin in 2028 and…
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The EU has a controversial climate target
The European Union’s target of 90% cut in emissions by 2040 is still far from the end of its 2040 goal, researchers said. The European Commission estimates that eight percent of the target can be achieved with carbon capture and removal. It further states that member states can’t just rely on removing carbon, they must…