Agence France-Presse: A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered the state to slash greenhouse gas emissions nationwide by at least 25 percent by 2020, in a case that could serve as a blueprint for activists around the world.
Climate experts called the ruling a "milestone", saying it would encourage concerned citizens in other countries to take their own governments to court to force them to cut the gases blamed for global warming.
"The court orders the State to reduce the overall volume of greenhouse gas emissions in such...