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Eugene

(61,964 posts) Thu Mar 8, 2012, 11:09 AM Mar 2012

Poland resists EU push for deeper CO2 emission cuts

Source: BBC

8 March 2012 Last updated at 13:22 GMT

Poland resists EU push for deeper CO2 emission cuts

Poland has signalled its opposition to an EU plan for deeper carbon emission cuts, which environment ministers will discuss on Friday.

Denmark, currently steering EU negotiations, is backed by the UK in calling for a 25% cut in CO2 emissions by 2020. Previously the target was 20%.

But Poland, reliant on coal for more than 90% of its electric power, fears the move would make energy more costly.

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Poland resists EU push for deeper CO2 emission cuts (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2012 OP

No big surprise there, right? GliderGuider Mar 2012 #1

GliderGuider

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1. No big surprise there, right?

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Thu Mar 8, 2012, 12:11 PM

Mar 2012

Nobody's going to make changes they believe will be costly. If they did, their economy might stagnate and they would be at risk of not meeting next month's interest payments.

You borrow money, you pay the interest. That's the sum total of the game. Planet be damned...

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