Swedish industry group asks government’s help in shifting away from fossil fuels

A group of corporations and other organisations has just handed over a list of political proposals they want carried out to help make Sweden fossil free by 2045.
It’s unusual for companies to be pushing the government to do more on climate change, so this puts them in a very favourable position, says the head of Fossil Free Sweden to Swedish Radio News.
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