CLIMATE KILLER AWARD
June 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORNThe European Commissioner for transport and energy, Loyola de Palacio, has been given a special "Climate Killer Award" by a coalition of environmental NGOs including Friends of the Earth and the Climate Action Network. Mrs de Palacio was given the award, said the group, "in recognition of her repeated efforts to destabilise EU support for the Kyoto Protocol and related policies".The commissioner recently questioned the EU's commitment to cutting greenhouse gases when Russia indicated it would not sign up but she was subsequently slapped down when ...
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