Thursday, January 24, 2013

United Kingdom: EU referendum: Climate efforts could be 'collateral damage', warn MEPs

EurActiv: Fears are growing in Brussels that climate policy could become a political football in any referendum on EU membership, following British Prime Minister David Cameron's declaration of intent on Wednesday to hold an in/out poll. The UK Independent Party (UKIP), which has links to the eurosceptic right of Cameron's Conservatives, launched a petition on 21 January calling for the EU's climate and energy targets to be suspended. The petition's professed objectives -- to prevent carbon leakage,...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/24/eu-referendum-climate-efforts-damage
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