Green Options » eu environmental policy http://greenoptions.com/tag/eu-environmental-policy Posts tagged 'eu environmental policy' Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en European Union to Stick to Tough Climate Targets http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/european-union-to-stick-to-tough-climate-targets/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/european-union-to-stick-to-tough-climate-targets/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:58:26 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/european-union-to-stick-to-tough-climate-targets/ Leaders vow to maintain targets amid economic and political pressure from some member states to do otherwise.

On Thursday, European heads of state meeting in Brussels decided to stick to previously set climate action targets despite pressure from several member states to loosen the December target, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020.

Last week, a Polish-led group of eight poorer EU member states threatened to block any resolution that kept the existing targets in place, siting the current economic downturn and market turmoil as the primary obstacle.

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