EU environment ministers at odds over climate plans

Member states' positions on proposals designed to cut EU CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020 continue to diverge significantly as the EU enters into what could be one of the busiest and potentially divisive negotiation periods in its history. Environment ministers from the 27 EU member states met in Luxembourg last Thursday (5 June) to debate the Commission's package of climate and energy proposals.Discussions focused in particular on how member states, who differ significantly in terms ...

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