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Sweden's minority-run coalition announced on Wednesday it would be cutting funding for climate and environmental measures next year

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    Maelstrom
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    Can someone make it make sense for me?

    Can someone make it make sense for me?

    2 votes
    1. Pioneer
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      Capitalism is running out of places to grow into, so these parasites are ensuring your health gets even more broken by capitalistic ideals of 'free market' nonsense.

      Capitalism is running out of places to grow into, so these parasites are ensuring your health gets even more broken by capitalistic ideals of 'free market' nonsense.

      12 votes
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      Wuju
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      What parts are you having trouble with? The first three paragraphs sum it up quite nicely. They Swedish government is introducing some tax cuts for petrol and diesel, money which presumably would...

      What parts are you having trouble with? The first three paragraphs sum it up quite nicely.

      The Swedish government is facing a huge backlash – including threats of no-confidence votes against its climate minister – after slashing the country’s climate budget while admitting it will dramatically increase carbon dioxide emissions.

      The minority-run coalition, which has been in power for just under a year, announced on Wednesday it would be cutting funding for climate and environmental measures next year by 259m krona (£19m) and introducing tax cuts on petrol and diesel.

      While long-term emissions are expected to decrease by 2045, the government is now expected to miss its 2030 transport targets. By its own estimates, emissions will increase by 5.9m-9.8m tonnes of CO2 equivalents by 2030 as a consequence of government decisions made between 1 July 2022 and 1 July 2023.

      They Swedish government is introducing some tax cuts for petrol and diesel, money which presumably would have went towards actually reducing CO2 emissions of which they are now reducing the budget for. As a result, they're now somewhat behind on climate goals. The rest of it is just talking about how some people are understandably very upset about this and some of who's blaming who.

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        Maelstrom
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        It’s the why I’m struggling with.

        It’s the why I’m struggling with.

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        1. Wuju
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          Yeah... Me too... Me too... But my assumption whenever something doesn't make sense to me is that the answer is money.

          Yeah... Me too... Me too...

          But my assumption whenever something doesn't make sense to me is that the answer is money.

          5 votes