Estonia can still get on board with European Union plans to limit deforestation and put in place other policies which relate to climate change goals, provided appropriate compensatory or mitigating measures are applied, according to MP Raimond Kaljulaid (SDE).
The Estonian state is engaging in last minute negotiations to mitigate any negative effects of imposing European Union climate package goals on its forestry and agricultural sectors which could cost up to 14,000 jobs, ERR reports.
We need to generate electricity using oil shale until we have found steerable alternatives ensuring energy and supply security as well as environmentally friendly ways of maintaining grid frequency, Minister of the Environment Erki Savisaar writes.
Three of the Center Party's seven government ministers are to return to the Riigikogu as MPs, following Prime Minister Kaja Kallas' (Reform) dismissal of the Center Party, the junior coalition partner, from office Friday.