MEPs urge EU to raise their game on carbon cutting

Jessica Shankleman
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European Parliament backs Commission's Roadmap to 2050, but calls for improvements in Emissions Trading System

The European Parliament has made a fresh call for member states to increase the bloc's carbon reduction target to 30 per cent by 2020, after Poland last week blocked a move for the EU to adopt the ambitious...

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