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The Danish climate minister closing down the oil industry for good – The Guardian

Dan Jørgensen has agreed the world’s most ambitious climate goal with a promise to cut 70% of emissions by 2030

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Denmarks climate minister is fairly certain that the deal to close down the nations oil industry by 2050, announced on Friday morning, marks the biggest moment in his career.
I think this is probably going to be the biggest decision that Im a part of in my life, Dan Jørgensen tells the Guardian hours after the announcement.
This obviously wasnt an easy decision. We are the biggest oil producer in the EU. We have, since the 1970s, to a large extent financed our welfare state with oil money. So to…

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