Mild weather helps trim EU's greenhouse gas emissions

EurActiv: Reduced heating demand during a mild winter helped cut greenhouse gas emissions 2.5% in the European Union last year, the European Environment Agency reported today (7 September). The EEA said preliminary figures show emissions fell even more sharply – 3.5% - in the 15 countries that were among the original EU signatories of the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 international agreement that committed developed nations to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels. Under Kyoto, the EU agreed...

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