EU vote firms up moves to a 30% emissions cut
Posted Thu, 26 May 2011 17:39:00 GMT by Martin Leggett
The prospects of a 30% greenhouse gas reduction, by 2020, looks higher after the EU's Environment Committee voted strongly in favor of lifting the target, from its current 20% level. The measure will now go onto the EU's Parliament, where it will be voted on in June. The vote also makes the UK more likely to stick by its own 50% cut by 2027, agreed 10 days ago.
EU vote firms up moves to a 30% emissions cut