Veille 2.1

Op zaterdag hebben honderden Zuid-Koreanen in de hoofdstad Seoul betoogd tegen plannen van Japan. Het Zuid-Koreaans buurland kondigde vorige week namelijk aan dat het zal beginnen “behandeld” radioactief water te lozen in de Stille Oceaan.

More than two decades on from the protocol, country shows enthusiasm for nuclear restarts over renewables

The nations that make up the G7 have pumped billions of dollars more into fossil fuels than they have into clean energy since the COVID-19 pandemic, despite their promises of a green recovery. A new analysis reveals that the countries attending committed $189 billion to support oil, coal, and gas between January 2020 and March 2021. In comparison, the same countries spent $147 billion on clean forms of energy. The support for fossil fuels from seven of the world’s richest nations included measures to remove or downgrade environmental regulations as well as direct funding of oil, gas and coal.