International activists and environmental organisations gathered outside the Norwegian Parliament on Tuesday as the vote to approve the opening for deep sea mining was passed. Against massive criticism from scientists, fishery organisations and the international community, Norway is officially moving forward with the planned opening of Arctic waters to a very controversial mining industry.
The European Council has agreed ambitious targets aiming to increase the share of energy coming from renewable sources including solar, wind and green hydrogen from 22% in 2021 to 42.4% by 2030, but failed to remove incentives that mean newly felled wood is included in this mix. This is despite repeated calls from researchers to exclude trees chopped down for the sole purpose of making wood pellets to power electric generators from being subsidised through the Renewable Energy Directive.
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