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European Commissioners debate as Chris Huhne pushes for tougher environmental targets

By Mark Pack | Tue 15th February 2011 - 1:55 pm

The Guardian reports,

Europe’s climate chief insisted on Monday that tougher greenhouse gas targets would improve the EU’s economic performance, rather than push businesses overseas, as companies and green campaigners tussled over whether current emissions goals were too weak…

Her words came as a row flared between Chris Huhne, the UK’s climate change secretary, and Günther Oettinger, the EU’s energy commissioner, over whether to toughen the European climate target from a cut of 20% in emissions by 2020 to a 30% cut.

Last week, Oettinger warned: “If we go alone to 30%, you will only have a faster process of de-industrialisation in

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Posted in News | Also tagged chris huhne, climate change and gunther oettinger | 1 Comment

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