Tensions across the European Union heightened this week with 13 of the EU countries having either their environment or climate ministers, sign a letter to the European Commission essentially stating that their coordinated defense against Coronavirus should center on the New Green Deal. While early funding may go into sharing protective equipment and medical skills, the idea is that rebuilding the various economies will revolve around renewable energy, energy efficiency in buildings, R&D funding for negative emissions, and the recovery of biodiversity and the circular economy. The ministers went so far as calling for the European Green Deal, the detailed policy of which is still being formulated, to be used as the framework for the response to Covid-19. The letter…