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EU emissions fall by 8% in steep reduction reminiscent of Covid shutdown
Decline over 2023, helped by switch to renewable power, means greenhouse gas pollution is now 37% below 1990 levels
The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 8% last year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has found, as the continent continues to close down coal-fired power plants and make more electricity from sun and wind.
The steep drop in planet-heating pollution in 2023 is close to the fall recorded in Europe at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when travel restrictions grounded planes and shuttered factories.
Read the original article at The Guardian