Tuesday, May 17, 2011

EEF warns against higher emission cuts


The EEF, the organisation that represents the UK manufacturing industry, will today urge the Government to reject the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee, which it says would saddle the country with unrealistic targets that are much more demanding than anything faced elsewhere in Europe.

It said the committee's "carbon budget", published before Christmas, would require Britain to cut carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2020, half as much again as the target agreed by the EU.

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