Members of European Parliament (MEPs) voted on July 6 not to reject adding nuclear and natural gas activities to the European Union taxonomy for sustainable investments.
Opponents of the change had to secure an absolute majority of the 705-member European Parliament, or 353 MEPs.
Just 328 MEPs voted against the European Commission Act, which would define natural gas and nuclear as transitional activities that enable the mitigation of climate change.
Although they outnumbered the 278 who did not object to the act, they still fell short of an absolute majority, with 33 MEPs abstaining.
The act will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, if neither the European Council nor the European Parliament object by July 11….