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| EU slams UK emissions changes |
| 2005-02-11 |
| Via Lucianne - You want to be a part of this, Tony, don't whine: Britain's decision to water down its emissions trading plan to let industry pollute more is unacceptable, the European Commission has written to the government in a letter obtained by Reuters. The government altered its plan, which had already been approved by the European Union executive, in October after complaints from companies that it was too tough. Britain has threatened to take the commission to court if it refuses to accept the revisions, which raised the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) that industry can emit by nearly 3 percent above the original plan. The commission has said it has to approve Britain's proposed changes. The two sides have not yet come to an agreement. Britain's original plan was approved in July with instructions for technical alterations, which the commission said Britain had agreed to make. The country's subsequent changes were incompatible with that decision, Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas wrote in the letter to environment secretary Margaret Beckett. **SNIP** |
| Posted by:anonymous2u |
| #3 This goes along nicely with the story about how the ice age has been forestalled by human activity over the last 10,000 years (mainly domesticating cattle, which have been emitting huge amounts of methane). Gosh, d'you suppose Bush and those barbarian conservatives could have been right about Kyoto? /sarcasm |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-11 8:37:08 PM |
| #2 oh jeeebus - you're calling he-who-should-not-be-named-or-questioned/contradicted |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-11 6:29:37 PM |
| #1 Let the Kyoto Games begin! Popcorn, anyone? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-02-11 6:24:22 PM |