Austria v EU - Nukes as 'Sustainable'

Austria’s attempt to prevent the EU categorising nuclear power and

natural gas as “sustainable” for the purposes of EU investment schemes was
dismissed by the EU court on Wednesday. Including the two sources of power
within the EU taxonomy as sustainable was a “gradual” measure which
would “allow security of supply”, judges found. A traditional
anti-nuclear member state, Austria filed a lawsuit against the European
Commission in October 2022 but the Luxembourg-based General Court backed
the EU executive, arguing that it didn’t exceed its powers when including
nuclear energy and fossil gas in the sustainable investment scheme. It
means certain activities in the nuclear energy and fossil gas sectors may
be classified as contributors to climate change mitigation or climate
change adaptation.

 Euro News 10th Sept 2025

 https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/09/10/austrias-push-to-scrap-nuclear-from-taxonomy-snubbed-by-eu-court