EU on track for 24 per cent emissions cut by 2020

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New EEA report shows the European Union surpassed its 2020 target last year

The European Union is on track to overreach its 2020 greenhouse gas targets by 50 per cent, new figures show, with the bloc having already surpassed the 20 per cent goal last year. The most recent projections...

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