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Sweden exits coal two years early
PV Magazine
The Nordic nation is now the third European country to have waved goodbye to coal for power generation. Another 11 European states have made plans to follow suit over the next decade.
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Swedish pension fund joins move to end fossil fuel investments
Reuters
One of Sweden's national pension funds said it will stop holding investments in fossil fuel firms, joining a strategic shift among global money managers to comply with the United Nations Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Sweden will ban sale of gasoline & diesel cars after 2030. Germany lags behind
Clean Technica
Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven has announced that the sale of cars with gasoline or diesel engines will be banned in his country after 2030. Sweden now joins Denmark, India, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Israel on the list of nations which say they will ban the sale of cars with internal combustion engines by that date.
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Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target this year
We Forum
Sweden is on target to meet one of its renewable energy targets years ahead of schedule, and it’s thanks in part to wind turbines.
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Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target this year
Business Live
By December, Sweden will have 3,681 wind turbines installed, more than enough capacity to meet its target of 18 terawatt-hours
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Sweden proposes aviation greenhouse gas emission reduction target
Green Car Congress
Sweden has an ambitious target of being fossil-energy-free by 2045. As a part of the initiative, a new proposal suggests that Sweden would introduce a greenhouse gas reduction mandate for aviation fuel sold in Sweden. The reduction level would be 0.8% in 2021, and gradually increase to 27% in 2030....
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SSAB plans fossil-free steel products launch in 2026
Renewables Now
January 30 (Renewables Now) - Swedish-Finnish steel producer SSAB AB (STO:SSAB-B) aims to launch the first fossil-free steel products by 2026, or nine year
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Climate crisis: Sweden closes last coal-fired power station two years ahead of schedule
Independent
Country becomes third in Europe to exit coal, ahead of mass withdrawal from polluting fossil fuel
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The city where the internet warms people’s homes
BBC
Your online activity could one day be helping to generate hot water. Erin Biba visits Sweden to see an ambitious – and profitable – green energy project in action.
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Circular economy: More recycling of household waste, less landfilling
Europarl
Parliament backs ambitious recycling targets, under legislation on waste and the circular economy, adopted on Wednesday.
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Sweden pledges to cut all greenhouse gas emissions by 2045
Independent
Climate minister urges European Union to take lead on climate change as fears Donald Trump will pull out of Paris Agreement