Little-Known Energy Treaty A Climate Threat – OpEd

By Fabian Flues, Cecilia Olivet and Pia Eberhardt***

On February 4, the German energy giant RWE announced it was suing the government of the Netherlands. The crime? Proposing to phase out coal from the country’s electricity mix. The company, which is Europe’s biggest emitter of carbon, is demanding 1.4 billion euros in...