Danish lawmakers have agreed to plant one billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into natural habitats over the next two decades
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After a unanimous local vote in 1996, the Swedish town of Växjö became the first in the world to commit to becoming fossil fuel free
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New deadline by which only zero-emission new vans may be sold in Norway will no longer be 2025, but 2027
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Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland's ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035 – but now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores
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Volvo Cars has abandoned its plan to become a fully electric car manufacturer by 2030 due to weakening consumer demand for pure electric vehicles
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AI tech giants hide dirty energy with outdated carbon accounting rules
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Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy twofold. How have they done it?
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Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined
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Tractor Supply slashes its DEI and climate goals after a right-wing pressure campaign
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Google’s greenhouse gas emissions jump 48% in five years
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Denmark will introduce a levy on farm emissions in what is set to be one of the world's first carbon taxes on agriculture
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New EPA regulation requires coal plants in the United States to reduce 90 percent of their greenhouse pollution by 2039
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California, USA must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report says
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EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 – Study finds ‘systematic progress’ achieved in 2010s with some states reaching targets a decade early
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Norway is well on the way to achieving its target of 100% new electric vehicle registrations by 2025 – the situation is different for vans
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40% of US electricity is now emissions-free
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Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels
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Denmark, Finland and Panama aim to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit – that will take giving nature a boost
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Norway's new gas field highlights tensions as COP28 climate talks open – new North Sea projects jar with push to phase out fossil fuels
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‘A bus is open to everyone regardless of class’: riding the world’s biggest network
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The remote Danish island of Bornholm has pledged to eliminate trash by 2032. How will it get there?
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Germany’s terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency
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China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels 'unrealistic'
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Why investing in new nuclear plants is bad for the climate
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Environmental experts have criticised the Swedish government's plan to build at least ten nuclear reactors in the next twenty years
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To achieve greenhouse gas emissions goals by 2050, regulatory details may matter more than targets
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California cement industry marks near-term progress on carbon neutrality goals
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EU passes nature restoration law in knife-edge vote
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Swedish electric self-driving truck company Einride has partnered with Scandinavia's leading postal service PostNord in Norway
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There is no climate tipping point
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The first of its kind in the world, an e-motorway may lead to an expansion of a further 3,000 km of electric roads in Sweden by 2045
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Europe's nuclear divide grows – first new plant in sixteen years comes on stream in Finland day after Germany pulls plug on last reactors
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The temptation of high oil prices is shaking Norway's climate commitments
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Can a booming start-up scene help Norway turn its back on oil's poisoned pill? The oil-rich nation's green surge is not as big as it should be
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Denmark should aim to reduce beef and dairy production by introducing a farming emissions tax in order to reach its ambitious climate targets
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Copenhagen's failure to meet its 2025 net zero target casts doubt on other major climate plans – pledges to cease contributing to climate change demand greater scrutiny
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Paris has pledged to make the Seine swimmable by the 2024 Summer Olympics, investing in a $1.6 billion stormwater holding tank to curb sewage pollution
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Dairy co-operative Arla Foods has announced it will pay its farmers more money for the milk they produce if they meet new environmental sustainability targets
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Continued drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions confirms achievement of 2020 target
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Clean energy is about having more, not less
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Denmark wants to phase out natural gas entirely and will quadruple the production of solar and onshore wind energy by 2030
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Denmark's government has announced a goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030
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#TeamSeas seeking $30M for Ocean Conservatory
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Norway's incoming centre-left government has said it will seek to grow the country's lucrative oil and gas industry while striving to cut carbon emissions
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DuckDuckGo goes carbon negative
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We must radically reduce carbon emissions by 2030 in order to avoid the most catastrophic damage of climate change. How can you help?
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Denmark risks falling short of its 2030 climate targets unless it builds far more wind and solar farms and overcomes bureaucracy and local resistance to turbines
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Norwegians head to the polls on Sept. 13 in a parliamentary election that has centered on the issue of whether saving the planet is worth stopping the fossil fuel gravy train
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Maersk is investing £1bn to speed up its switch to carbon neutral operations – eight methanol fuelled vessels could help save more than 1m tonnes of carbon emissions a year
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The Scandinavian way to zero-carbon construction – cities like Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen are working to clean up one of the world's most high-emission industries
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