Tag: Nitrous oxide

  • Government campaign against nitrous oxide and out with the countryside

    Government campaign against nitrous oxide and out with the countryside

    In this podcast you meet David Druid and Katherine Zimmerman who were previously colleagues in Morgonpasset in P3. Here they meet again and talk about politics in their own way and little else. They also have Ekot’s domestic political reporter with them Lova Olsson and the satirist Moa Wallin from the P3 Club. Together, there…

  • Huge drop in household CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Huge drop in household CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Significant decrease in emissions The figures also revealed that total greenhouse gas emissions in Denmark have fallen by 44 percent over the last 30 years to 42 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents by 2020. The largest drop in emissions took place in the utilities sector, which has reduced emissions by 73 percent. Meanwhile, greenhouse gas…

  • Behind the scenes casts doubt on key calculations for CO2 tax

    If agriculture is to be subject to a CO2 tax, a calculation method for each farm’s emissions is considered a key element. But the calculations are far too imprecise to be used to calculate a tax, according to one of the researchers behind it. Climate manager in the agricultural knowledge center, Seges Hans Roust Thysen…

  • FACTS: How Denmark will achieve its climate goals in 2030

    * The expected socio-economic costs are expected to be almost four billion kroner annually – corresponding to an annual loss of GDP of 0.15 percent. * If the current mix of rules, taxes on fossil fuels and subsidies for various types of renewable energy continues, it will instead cost society at least DKK 18 billion…

  • Young people get drunk on legal nitrous oxide

    Young people get drunk on legal nitrous oxide

    It is easy to get hold of nitrous oxide on the cartridge, something that is used by young people to get drunk. In recent weeks, the police have seen an increase in use in BĂ„lsta, but it has also attracted attention in Uppsala. “There were such quantities, probably 50-100 cartridges. I am worried about those…