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...It was aimed at accelerating the shift to heat pumps, solar panels and hydrogen boilers as part of a broader drive to reach a national target of carbon neutrality by 2045....
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...Sasol says it will meet NOx standards by 2025 but cannot hit required levels of S02 emissions without shutting down some of its boilers....
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...Coal boilers, for example, generate just under 10 per cent of the company’s annual revenue....
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...“People call it the heating massacre,” said Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far right AfD party, after the proposed ban contributed to its first district election win, in Sonnenberg in June....
...The boiler ban was an attempt to address one of the biggest challenges Germany faces in its green transition: the vast amount of CO₂ emitted by its heating sector....
...A Sotheby’s show co-curated by Bianca Chu (now adviser to the Kim Lim Estate) reignited interest in 2018....
...The sector accounts for about a fifth of UK CO₂ emissions, so a credible strategy is crucial to achieving the 2050 net zero target....
...Manfred Güllner of pollsters Forsa said frustration with Scholz’s government predated the surge in refugee numbers and had more to do with climate policies, in particular a law to phase out gas-fired boilers...
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