EU emissions fell five per cent in 2014 under trading scheme

Jessica Shankleman
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Data suggests EU has met 2020 carbon reduction target six years early

Greenhouse gas emissions policed by the European Union's carbon trading platform dropped by nearly five per cent last year despite a 1.3 per cent growth in GDP, new figures from the bloc suggested today....

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