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France unveils plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030
- CameronNemo 3y agoFrance has so far cut its emissions by 25 percent compared with 1990 levels, requiring major fresh efforts if it is to hit the new 50-percent target. That is actually pretty good progress, but I assume they are not counting the emissions built in to their imported goods...
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoThe EU has just agreed to start taxing those emissions, with carbon border fees so in a very real sense they are counting them.
- pjc50 3y agoThey should build some nuclear power stations. /s
- thomasingalls 3y agoThis but not ironically. So many people burn wood to heat homes in France
- reducesuffering 3y agoIf you burn wood that is repeatedly grown every 20 years, isn't this renewable and carbon-neutral? It's literally what happens to natural forest fires, but you're harnessing the heat for a useful purpose.
- moi2388 3y agoIt is renewable but not carbon neutral
- reducesuffering 3y agoPlease explain why. If I grow a tree outside I’ve carbon-sunk the same amount as when I burn it 20 years later. The EPA agrees.
- jokoon 3y agoThe gov announced several 4th gen reactors, and they recently finished repairing a few of old ones What would be fantastic is if France was able to sell more reactors to other countries who don't have access to the technology.
- pjc50 3y agoWe're still waiting for the EDF reactor at Hinkley Point C to be finished ..