EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low

Fossil emissions 'finally back to 1960s levels', say analysts, but they warn levels are still falling too slowlyThe European Union pumped out 8% less carbon dioxide from the fossil fuels it burned in 2023 than it did in 2022, the Guardian can reveal, pushing these emissions down to their lowest level in 60 years.The fall in planet-heating pollution is the steepest yearly drop on record behind 2020, when governments shuttered factories and grounded flights to stop the spread of Covid-19, according to analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea). Continue reading...