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☆ Shipping giant Maersk unveils 'trendsetter' green vessel as it aims to be carbon neutral by 2040
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Silvia Amaro | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Evergreen and other shipping firms have ordered similar vessels, though they have less ambitious carbon neutrality targets than Maersk. Shipping accounts for around 3% of global carbon emissions, an amount comparable to major polluting countries. Denmark's Minister of Industry Morten Bodskov said this is because it is a global industry. In June, a group of 20 nations supported a plan for a levy on shipping industry emissions. "I'm worried about the rhetoric that energy transition is a downside and not really a great opportunity," he added.

Persons: Moller, Vincent Clerc, Clerc, Morten Bodskov, Bodskov, Maersk's, I'm Organizations: Maersk, DENMARK — Shipping, CNBC, Evergreen, Maersk . Shipping, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development Locations: Copenhagen, DENMARK, China, Argentina, Brazil

☆ Denmark looks to curb collection of data on children by Big Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew KellyCOPENHAGEN, June 12 (Reuters) - Denmark aims to raise the age limit for the collection of personal data from children by tech giants such as Google, Snapchat and Meta, in a bid to curb the massive accumulation of data on young people, the government said on Monday. It wants to raise to between 15 and 16 years the age at which children can consent to share personal data with tech companies, from 13 now. The companies will also require parental consent to use data from children younger than that. "The tech giants must take greater responsibility," business minister Morten Bodskov said as the government unveiled initiatives to rein in the influence of global tech companies.

Persons: Andrew Kelly COPENHAGEN, Morten Bodskov, Johannes Birkebaek, Nikolaj Skydsgaard, Supantha Mukherjee, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Google LLC, Google, Chelsea, REUTERS, Meta, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, United States

Russia intends to call a United Nations Security Council meeting over damage to the gas pipelines, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Telegram. In the Baltic Sea, gas was still bubbling from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, the Swedish Coast Guard said in an email. "There are good teams in place to handle pipeline accidents, there are emergency pipe inventories and experts for onshore and offshore," Jens Schumann, managing director of gas pipeline grid company Gasunie Deutschland, said. European gas prices rose following news of the leaks. The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had yet to enter commercial operations.

"Any deliberate disruption of European energy infrastructure is utterly unacceptable and will be met with a robust and united response," Borrell said. A statement issued by Russia's embassy in Denmark said that any sabotage on Nord Stream's pipelines was an attack on both Russia's and Europe's energy security. Map of Nord Stream pipelines and locations of reported leaksGAS FLOWSOperator Nord Stream has called the damage "unprecedented", while Gazprom (GAZP.MM), the Russian-controlled company with a monopoly on its gas exports by pipeline, declined to comment. Russia reduced gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream 1 before suspending flows altogether in August, blaming Western sanctions for causing technical difficulties. The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had yet to enter commercial operations.

☆ Europe blames sabotage for Russian pipeline explosions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Rhoda Kwan | Rhoda Kwan Is A Taipei-Based Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Sabotage was behind underwater explosions that sent gas spewing from two major pipelines connecting Europe and Russia, Western leaders concurred Wednesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he discussed the “sabotage” of the pipelines at a meeting with Denmark’s defense minister in Brussels. The incident has put the region on edge, months after fears of a Russian military threat to the Baltics dissipated in the wake of its military’s struggles in Ukraine. A new Baltic pipeline allowing gas to be delivered from Norway through Denmark to Poland was inaugurated Tuesday. In recent weeks, Moscow has increasingly framed the war as not just with Ukraine but its Western backers, too.

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