ACTION PROGRAMME
March 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORN
EUROPEAN environment ministers have reached final agreement with the European Parliament on the 6th Environmental Action Programme, setting out EU environmental objectives for the next 10 years. The compromise provides for the introduction of environment taxes and sets more ambitious targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions after 2012 than ministers had originally accepted.
EUROPEAN environment ministers have reached final agreement with the European Parliament on the 6th Environmental Action Programme, setting out EU environmental objectives for the next 10 years. The compromise provides for the introduction of environment taxes and sets more ambitious targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions after 2012 than ministers had originally accepted.
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