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Senate Democrats target climate in $3.5 trillion plan
The budget resolution, released today, would allow "the most significant investment in tackling the climate crisis in US history" and create a path to reach President Joe Biden's goal for a 50pc cut in domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) wrote in a letter to his colleagues. The Senate plans to start consideration of the budget soon, after holding a final vote in the next day on a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package.
read more... 10/08/2021
Shell To Exhaust Dwindling Oil & Gas Reserves By 2040
Shell expects to have produced 75 percent of its current proved oil and gas reserves by 2030, and only around 3 percent after 2040, the supermajor said in its Energy Transition Strategy that it will put to a non-binding shareholder vote next month.
read more... 16/04/2021
Czechs eyes coal phase-out by 2038
The Czech coal commission recommended to phase out coal by 2038. Environmental groups, who fought for 2033, were outvoted and walked out of the commission in protest.
read more... 08/12/2020
EU Parliament votes for 60% carbon emissions cut by 2030
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday (6 October) to update the EU’s climate target for 2030, backing a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade, up from 40% currently.
read more... 08/10/2020
EU Parliament's environment committee backs 60% emissions cut by 2030
Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s environment committee on Thursday voted in favour of a legally binding target for the European Union to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels.
read more... 14/09/2020