‘Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists
by Ajit Niranjan from Environment | The Guardian on (#6KMXB)
Just 2% of continent's gas capacity has planned retirement date despite pledges to decarbonise, study shows
Europe's tone-deaf" expansion of fossil gas is accelerating climate breakdown and increasing reliance on hostile regimes, campaigners have warned.
Just four of Europe's gas-fired power plants have a retirement plan and new projects will increase the continent's gas generation capacity by 27%, according to analysis from the campaign group Beyond Fossil Fuels.
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