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Berlaymont building, European Commission, Brussels — Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0

Policy Watch|European Union

Commission proposes one-year delay to methane rules for EU oil, gas and coal importers

COM(2026) 569, adopted 14 October 2026, would push back by a year the obligations in the EU Methane Regulation that require importers to prove their foreign supply is monitored to EU standards, and the methane-intensity reporting and limits for importers and EU producers. The Commission cites the Hormuz supply shock. Parliament and Council still have to agree.

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Policy Watch|United States

EPA pushes the 2025 greenhouse-gas reporting deadline to 10 March 2027

An interim final rule published 14 October 2026 (91 FR 65112) moves the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program deadline for reporting-year 2025 data from 30 October 2026 to 10 March 2027. Nothing else in the reporting rule changes. EPA says it needs time to finish work on a separate reconsideration proposal. Comments on this deadline shift are due 30 November 2026.

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Policy Watch|European Union

The Netherlands revives its heat-pump rule: from 2029, many homeowners replacing a gas boiler will need a smart hybrid heat pump

In a 7 October 2026 letter to parliament, Housing Minister Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan said a new boiler alone will no longer meet the building code when an old one is replaced in homes not heading for a heat network. The rule would apply from 2029 at the earliest. Apartments and listed monuments are exempt at first. Who pays, and how much, is still being worked out.

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British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria — Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0

Economy & Jobs|Canada

LNG Canada Phase 2: Kitimat FID doubles export capacity to 28 mtpa

Joint-venture partners took a final investment decision on LNG Canada’s Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C. Company primary: capacity rises from 14 to 28 million tonnes a year. The PMO (29 Sep) welcomed a $33-billion private investment and a companion Coastal GasLink Phase 2 FID — distinct from the West Coast oil-pipeline Schedule 1 listing (PC 2026-0925, 1 Oct) tracked separately on this site.

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Syncrude Mildred Lake plant, Alberta — Photo: TastyCakes / Jamitzky, public domain

Accountability|Canada

Pacific Link listed: West Coast oil pipeline added to Building Canada Act Schedule 1

Order in Council PC 2026-0925 (1 October 2026) amends Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act to list the West Coast Oil Pipeline — branded Pacific Link by Ottawa and Alberta — as a project of national interest. That starts a single federal review and conditions track toward 1 September 2027. It is not a CER certificate and not construction.

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John Deere tractor with trailer in the Netherlands — Photo: joost j. bakker, CC BY 2.0

Accountability|European Union

Denmark’s Folketing passes L5 fertiliser law — nitrogen rules reset for 2027

On 3 September 2026 Denmark’s Folketing adopted Lovforslag L5, the new gødskningslov on sustainable management of nutrients and greenhouse gases in farming and forestry. It takes effect 1 January 2027 after tractor protests against tougher nitrogen controls.

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Electric vehicle charging station — Photo: Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0

Policy Watch|Canada

Ottawa proposes killing the ZEV sales mandate — while keeping fleet GHG rules

Canada Gazette Part I on 15 August 2026 proposes repealing the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard’s ZEV sales targets and credit system. Comment window runs to 29 October 2026. Fleet GHG rules would remain — this is not “EVs banned tomorrow.”

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