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Get you up to speed: ‘Rocket debris’ found on beach in Philippines | News World

Coastguards have recovered what are believed to be parts of a rocket off the coast of Bisucay Island in the Philippines, near the Balading settlement. A response team was deployed to transport the debris to the Coast Guard Station in Eastern Palawan for examination.

Coastguards are currently examining the recovered debris to ascertain its origin, with further updates promised as the investigation proceeds. The Philippine Coast Guard has stated that safety measures are being implemented while the inquiry is ongoing.

The Philippine Coast Guard has confirmed the recovery of rocket debris near Bisucay Island and is investigating its origin, with maritime authorities examining the wreckage. The Coast Guard assured the public that “appropriate safety measures are in place” and will provide further updates as information becomes available.

What remains unclear — It is not confirmed whether the recovered wreckage is from the Long March 12 rocket or another source.

Rocket debris discovered on beach in Palawan, Philippines

Rocket debris discovered on beach in Palawan, Philippines
Coastguards have recovered what are believed to be parts of a rocket off the coast of Bisucay Island in the Philippines (Picture: Coast Guard District Palawan)

Debris from a suspected rocket launch has been discovered off the coast of a remote island in the Philippines.

Coastguards confirmed they had received reports of wreckage found near the Balading settlement on Bisucay Islandoff the coast of Cuyo.

A response team was deployed at 6.46am local time on Wednesday to transport the parts to the Coast Guard Station in Eastern Palawan.

The discovery comes weeks after the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) warned debris from China’s Long March 12 rocket was likely to fall into water off the coast of Puerto Princesa in Palawan.

The vehicle carrier rocket was last launched from Hainan Island on June 17.

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The debris was recovered this morning at the Balading settlement in Palawan province (Picture: Coast Guard District Palawan)

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PhilSA said at the time it couldn’t rule out an uncontrolled descent and that there was a possibility pieces of debris could land on the ground or even hit aircraft and buildings.

Details of the launch were shared between the two countries through a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) warning of an ‘aerospace flight activity’.

It is unclear whether the recovered wreckage is from the Long March 12, or whether it came from something else entirely.

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The discovery comes weeks after the launch of the Chinese rocket Long March 12 from Hainan Island (Picture: Coast Guard District Palawan)

Coast Guard District Palawan confirmed maritime authorities were examining the debris to determine its origin.

It added: ‘The Philippine Coast Guard assures the public that appropriate safety measures are in place while the investigation is ongoing.

‘Further updates will be released as they become available.’

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European people’s party calls for more free pollution allowances in ets

ETS Revision

The European People’s Party has requested an extension of free pollution allowances for heavy industry beyond 2030 in the upcoming revision of the Emissions Trading System.
Industrial Competitiveness
The EPP’s push for extending free pollution allowances for heavy industry aims to maintain competitiveness while balancing emission reduction efforts, potentially impacting an estimated €4 billion in financial losses.
EPP Position
“The system has achieved these emission reductions… Nevertheless, further adjustments are needed to safeguard industrial competitiveness and to ensure a more effective and economically sustainable decarbonisation pathway.”

EPP pushes to soften EU carbon market reforms in bid to shield industry

European people’s party calls for more free pollution allowances in ets

The European People’s Party (EPP) has urged Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra to significantly recalibrate the bloc’s carbon market, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), by allowing more free pollution allowances to heavy industry beyond 2030.

Issued in an internal document detailing the EPP’s position and seen by EU News, the plea comes ahead of the European Commission‘s proposal to revise the ETS rules, due on 15 July.

The EPP contends that protecting Europe’s manufacturing base has become as important as driving emissions reductions.

“The system has achieved these emission reductions in a market-based and economically efficient manner,” reads the document. “Nevertheless, further adjustments are needed to safeguard industrial competitiveness and to ensure a more effective and economically sustainable decarbonisation pathway.”

The ETS is the bloc’s mechanism for making companies pay for their pollution, with the dual aim of reducing emissions and encouraging industry to invest in more sustainable alternatives.

Since its launch in 2005, the mechanism has cut covered greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 50 percent, gaining the status of the bloc’s most effective climate policy tool.

However, some industries receive free allowances, or “pollution permits”, instead of having to buy them, mainly because they consume a lot of energy, compete with companies in countries that don’t have carbon pricing or can’t easily reduce their emissions overnight.

EPP wants more free allowances

Regardless of existing flexibilities, the EPP wants the upcoming Commission revision to ease pressure on heavy industry by slowing the decline in the allowances it receives to cover the carbon costs of its production.

The document reveals that the EPP – Commission President Ursula von der Leyen‘s own political party – seeks to extend free allocations beyond 2030 for sectors where emissions cannot yet be eliminated and where international competitors face weaker climate obligations.

“Lowering the Linear Reduction Factor (rule that steadily reduces the total number of ETS allowances available each year) already from 2030 in line with the European Climate Law (85 percent domestic ambition), assuring allocation beyond 2039 to account for residual emissions from industrial processes, maritime transport and aviation,” reads the EPP document.

The party is effectively backing the Commission’s May proposal to extend polluting credits between 2026 and 2030, urging the EU executive to go even further, beyond 2030.

Under the 2026-2030 timeline, the industry will continue to receive free allowances covering about 75% of its emissions, the Commission said, estimating a financial loss of around €4 billion.

EPP President Manfred Weber told EU News on Wednesday that the EU can’t “kill its industry due to climate change”.

The EPP’s position has already drawn support from some EU countries and industry sectors, prompting EU leaders to reconsider the decision to cut polluting permits to heavy industry, as announced on the sidelines of the EU summit of Heads of State and government in June.

“The European Council takes note of the Commission’s intention to come forward with a concrete proposal by mid-July 2026 on the review of the ETS system, including on free allowances (…) while preserving the essential role of the ETS in the climate and energy transition,” reads the Council conclusions.

However, the ETS battle is more nuanced than it appears.

Industries divided

Several ETS supporters have emerged across heavy industry sectors – the same sectors the EPP and some EU countries have repeatedly insisted need to be shielded from carbon costs.

These ETS advocates say weakening would penalise first-movers, hamper investment certainty and delay both the industry’s transition and decarbonisation at exactly the point when they are most needed.

Six European-based steelmakers – Outokumpu Corporation, SSAB, Salzgitter AG, Saarstahl, Dillinger and SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar – are publicly lobbying the Commission to “defend the integrity” of the bloc’s carbon market and “avoid measures that artificially depress the carbon price”.

“Weakening the ETS would not strengthen Europe’s competitiveness. On the contrary: It would erode investment certainty, penalise early movers and delay the industrial transformation Europe needs,” the industry leaders argued in a joint statement on 30 June.

“The primary pressure on competitiveness comes from high electricity costs due to fossil fuel dependencies, infrastructure gaps and global steel overcapacity, not from carbon pricing.”

According to the watchdog SteelWatch, the bloc’s three largest steelmakers – ArcelorMittal, thyssenkrupp and voestalpine – found that the free allocation value they received was not matched by comparable investment in decarbonisation.

From the €25.7 billion in free ETS allowances received by the three steelmakers, only €3.2 billion was invested in decarbonisation, SteelWatch warned, explaining that the gap suggests that prolonging free allocation further would be counterproductive for investment in decarbonisation.

Making polluters pay

According to a new poll commissioned by the civil society network Beyond Fossil Fuels and conducted by YouGov across six European countries – France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain – there is broad support across national and political divides for the “polluter pays” principle that the ETS is built.

With a sample size of 6,156 adults, the poll shows that 72 percent of European adults – including those voting for parties often portrayed as sceptical of EU climate policy – believe that companies that emit the most or fail to reduce their emissions should pay more.

Boris Jankowiak, steel transformation policy coordinator at the NGO Climate Action Network Europe, dismissed the ETS as the cause of industrial decline in Europe.

“Europe is already losing industrial capacity and jobs in many sectors despite decades of free allowances and billions of euros in public support,” he said, adding that continuing to grant free allowances without strings attached will not produce different outcomes and gives no guarantee that production or jobs will remain in Europe.

“Instead, it will reduce the size of the envelope available to support industrial transition and punish first movers.”

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