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Originally Posted by HOZ
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It is easier for Europeans to put up giant fans and look down their collective noses at us North American rubes than to truly make a difference.
Despite Europe's boom in solar and wind energy, CO2 emissions haven't been reduced by even a single gram. Now, even the Green Party is taking a new look at the issue -- as shown in e-mails obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE. |
For reasons (only known to the author) the article appears to be only concerned with CO2 emissions therefore can be a bit misleading.
whereas, ....
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BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Greenhouse gas emissions in 15 European Union countries fell by 1.3% in 2008 compared with the previous year, the fourth consecutive annual fall, putting them on track to reach their 2012 Kyoto Protocol target, the commission said Monday.
The latest fall took the emissions of these E.U. countries - which don't include the newest members, mainly eastern European states - to 6.2% below their 1990 level, according to provisional data by the European Environment Agency. According to the Kyoto international agreement on climate change, the 15 countries must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 8% between 2008 and 2012, compared with 1990 levels.
Emissions for all of the 27 E.U. countries fell by 1.5% in 2008, the commission also said, citing the provisional data. The 27-country bloc doesn't have a common target under the Kyoto protocol.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...31-703433.html
And don't ask me why they put CO2 in the title of that article either when it refers to GGs as a whole.
