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Oil multinationals are fighting for their survival in a world approaching climate targets. Restaurant fat and slaughterhouse waste are seen as a new way out. Clifford Krauss reports in The New York Times why fat should be the new gold in oil industry.
In his latest video, EUROSOLAR president Prof. Peter Droege identifies 10 measures that must now take place to counter the climate crisis.
The top european oil producer Denmark no longer issues new licenses for the exploration or production of oil and gas. With 100,000 barrels, Danish oil production has only a small share in the European oil industry. Nevertheless, Helene Hagel of Greenpeace Denmark said that the phase-out "sends a clear signal that the world can and must act to meet the Paris Agreement and mitigate the climate crisis.” On further consequences that the exit will have, read the article by Jan M. Olsen in The Wahington Post.
They call them ‘microgrid girls’. In Yemen, ten women are running a solar station 20 miles from the front line in Abs, a rural area near the border of Saudi Arabia. Five years of war left the country destroyed and access to electricity was limited and expensive. When the COVID-19-Crisis hit the country, the women felt compelled to act.
European countries are now forced to respond to claims that their measures are not good enough to reduce carbon emissions as quickly as is climatically appropriate. Six children and young adults filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. Read how this landmark case can change European industry and politics in The Guardian.