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UK government: To propose 50 percent CO2 emissions cut by 2030
2013-05-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: he U.K. government will propose that the European Union should commit to a legally binding 50% cut in emissions of carbon dioxide, compared with 1990 levels, by 2030, the country's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, said in a statement Saturday. The EU already targets a 20% cut in CO2 emissions by 2020, but this reduction is not ambitious enough, Mr. Davey said. So EU member states should commit to a unilateral 40% cut in emissions by 2030, and a 50% cut if a broader global...
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