The Guardian is reporting that France’s parliament passed a law that will ban all production of oil and gas by 2040.
In Tuesday’s vote by show of hands, only the rightwing Republicans party opposed, while leftwing lawmakers abstained.
No new permits will be granted to extract fossil fuels and no existing licenses will be renewed beyond 2040, when all production in mainland France and its overseas territories will stop.
The Guardian points out that most of France’s oil and gas importing comes from abroad and this “gesture” is largely symbolic; but it is an important one to be made.