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"Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a national “ecological plan” to reduce France’s
greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, and end the
use of coal-fired power plants by 2027.
Speaking after a special ministerial council at the Elysée, the French
president said an extra €10bn (£8.7bn) would be put towards the 50-point
programme, which he described as “ecology à la Française”.
The plan was aimed at addressing the climate crisis while ensuring that France
remained competitive in agriculture and industry, said Macron.
It was essential, he said, that “France reduces our dependence on so-called
fossil fuels, coal, petrol and gas, which we don’t produce any more but on
which we depend”. The aim, he added, was to reduce this dependence from 60% to
40% by 2030.
“The priority that we have set is that by January 2027 we will have totally
ended the use of coal for our electricity production,” he said.
Other measures in the plan include the acceleration of electric car production,
with brakes on gas boilers, though the president stopped short of a total ban.
It also includes new projects for offshore windfarms, the opening of several
electric battery factories in northern France, a map to establish where natural
resources can be found in France, including hydrogen gas and essential elements
for lithium batteries, and €700m state investment in the regional train
network.
Companies responsible for 50 of the dirtiest industrial sites in France are to
sign an agreement to reduce pollution by 45% before 2030.
Macron said the state would be taking back control of electricity prices next
month. He said people would be encouraged to look at alternatives such as heat
pumps, promising to triple pump production in the next three years and train
30,000 new installers."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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