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Europe is burning our forests for renewable energy. Wait, what?
2014-08-25 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If youre driving through the South and you see a denuded field filled with stubby new plantings where lush forest once stood, the blame might lie with an unlikely culprit: the European Union and its well-intentioned clean energy rules. In March 2007, the E.U. adopted climate and energy goals for 2010 to 2020. The 27 member countries set a goal of reducing carbon emissions 20 percent by 2020 and increasing renewables to 20 percent of their energy portfolio. Unfortunately, they underestimated the...
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