cross-posted from : https://slrpnk.net/post/31668843
Europe has some of the world’s most ambitious climate goals, but in recent months it has backtracked on rules governing automobile emissions and deforestation.
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This is very bad but, unfortunately, not new. We have seen this for some time.
The worst thing in this context likely is that Europe might still be better than other large polluters, especially the U.S., Russia, and China, the world’s largest polluter.