Report urges UN talks to close Kyoto loopholes

James S Murray
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New study calculates that industrialised nations could use loopholes to increase greenhouse gas emissions

Pressure continued to mount on industrialised countries to agree to more ambitious carbon targets at the latest round of climate change talks in Bonn yesterday, after new research revealed that loopholes...

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