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GOOD NEWS I 29 MARCH 2025

Vattenfall stops cancels pellet power plant – after protests, less thresher sharks being caught in Indonesia, France’s way to clean electricity from the sea

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29.03.2025
by selinamahoche

Just today I received an email to sign up for a petition and I always catch myself thinking: ‘Is this going to help at all?’. And yes, protest does bring something, as one of our Good News from today shows. In the Netherlands, the energy company Vattenfall has cancelled the construction of a wood pellet power plant. Forest activists had protested against this, as several studies show that wood pellets cause more emissions than coal.

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29.03.2025
by selinamahoche
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