FUELSEUROPE DISMAYED AT PARIS-BOUND EU GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS
March 9th, 2015
EUROPEAN Union (EU) environment ministers have confirmed their commitment to a binding target of at least a 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 in spite of a warning from FuelsEurope that this is "technologically and economically unachievable." Meeting on March 6th to prepare for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Paris in from November 30 to December 11, the EU Council of Ministers for the environment said that presenting the EU’s common and ambitious position in Paris was "crucial for ...
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