EU To Cut Greenhouse Gases

[Dr. Shane]

EU officials agree to 20% cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020

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"There will be some countries like Germany that will see a steeper reduction in greenhouse gases," he said, while other nations, such as former Soviet bloc countries in eastern Europe, would face lesser reductions as their economies grow and they try to clean up heavy polluting industries and generate more power from lower-carbon sources.

European countries will try to see if other nations will go further when the EU meets with the G-8 nations — the United States, Russia, Japan and Canada — in the German resort of Heiligendamm June 6-8. They will also seek carbon dioxide cuts from the emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa.