The Czech Republic has agreed to withdraw its complaint to the European Union's top court about the mining of lignite coal at the Turow mine in Poland, the Polish prime minister said early on Tuesday.
The Czech Republic has agreed to withdraw a lawsuit it filed at the European Union's top court to halt operations at a lignite coal mine in Poland, the Polish prime minister said on Tuesday.
May 25 2021
As countries around the world strive to comply with their environmental obligations and contribute towards reducing global warming to a maximum increase of 2°C, it falls to industry to bear the brunt of the challenge. That’s because the top 100 companies in the world are responsible for emitting 71% of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, so it’s logical that they must transition towards a greener tomorrow.
A large part of that transition will involve implementing sustainable carbon capture and storage technology, but also phasing out the highly polluting methods of energy generation upon which most industrial users currently rely in favour of cleaner forms of energy generation. But while the costs involved with renewables have fallen in tandem with their associated benefits increasing, it will still take a monumental effort for industry to fall into line. Here are the traditional fossil fuels that renewables will replace – and a suggested roadm