Former oil mogul confirmed as EU climate and energy commissioner | Environment | theguardian.com
Yesterday evening a majority of MEPs voted in favor of Cañete as new EU
climate Commissioner, despite his oil business background and long
record of anti-environmental policies. Clearly it's time to re-double
our efforts to fight the corporate capture of EU climate policy!
Miguel Arias Cañete, a former director of two oil companies, has been appointed the new EU climate and energy commissioner
Photograph: Thierry Charlier/AFP/Getty Images
is given top clean energy job in parliamentary horse trade
