Climate Home: Outperformance in 2014 shows the EU can set a more ambitious course next decade, say campaigners
Offshore wind power helped cut EU emissions (Flickr/Aaron)
The EU soared past its 2020 carbon cutting goal six years early, according to European Environment Agency data released on Tuesday.
Greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 were 4.1% lower than the previous year and 24.4% below the 1990 baseline. The 2020 target is a 20% cut.
The biggest savings were in manufacturing, power generation and...