Daily Archives: February 19, 2021

From fertiliser to fuel, Norwegians join forces to produce green ammonia

Norway’s Statkraft STATKF.UL and Aker Horizons, a unit of investment firm Aker AKER.OL, have joined chemicals firm Yara YAR.OL in electrifying and decarbonising a plant in Norway to produce zero carbon ammonia, the companies said on Thursday. Yara, one of the world’s largest producers of nitrogen fertilisers, aims to eliminate CO2 emissions from the 500,000-tonnes-a-year…

Indonesian govt urged to resolve mounting agrarian conflicts

Environmentalists in Indonesia have called on the government to try and settle more than 1,000 disputes triggered by the presence of palm oil plantations, including agrarian ones between indigenous people and palm oil companies across the country. They said the situation is threatening to spiral out of control In its annual report issued on Feb…