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Warmer winters play important role in EU emissions drop
2016-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Significantly warmer winters have played an important role in the ongoing decline in EU greenhouse gas emissions. According to a new report, the use of CO2 and other gases across the bloc dropped by almost a quarter between 1990 and 2014. A switch from coal to natural gas, the recession and the rise of renewable energy all contributed to the fall. The latest figures, from 2014, show that a milder winter was the major factor in the reduction that year. Overall from 1990 to 2014 emissions...
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