Saturday, June 16, 2012

EU agrees on law to enforce energy saving

Reuters: The European Union reached agreement on Thursday on a law to require governments and utilities to improve energy efficiency and lower the bloc's consumption of fuel. For the first time, it sets binding measures across the 27-member states to enforce energy savings, although critics say its original ambition was drastically reduced over the course of negotiations. "This is a big step ahead. For the very first time we have legally binding energy efficiency measures," Energy Commissioner Guenther...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/14/eu-efficiency-idUSL5E8HE4ON20120614

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