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Ruling Says Netherlands Must Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2015-06-25 03:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A court in the Netherlands has ordered the Dutch government to toughen its climate policies, a major ruling that could motivate environmental activists to pursue a similar legal strategy in other countries. The Hague District Court ordered the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent from 1990 levels in the next five years. The government had previously committed to reducing emissions by 17 percent, but an environmental group, Urgenda, sued and demanded that the reductions...
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