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Britain resists EU bid to set new target on renewable energy
2013-05-25 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government will oppose attempts to set a new renewable energy target within the EU, in a move that could put at risk tens of billions of pounds of green investment and tens of thousands of new jobs. But in a sop to environment campaigners, ministers will agree to tough greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2030. The question of a renewable energy target for 2030 to take over from the current goal, of generating 20% of energy in the EU from renewable sources by 2020 has been a vexed issue...
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