A truck drives by as steam rises from the five brown coal-fired power units of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity companies in Neurath, north-west of Cologne, Germany, Germany, March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A preliminary text agreed by EU member states calls on the European Investment Bank to stop funding fossil fuel projects, in what would be a breakthrough in the bloc's climate policy and a blow to the coal, gas and oil industries.
The document, seen by Reuters, was agreed on Tuesday by mid-ranking representatives of the EU's 28 national governments, but still needs the green light from more senior diplomats.
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