Brussels, 28/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) energy committee, agreeing its position on the energy efficiency directive, which is to help the EU reduce its energy consumption by 20% by 2020 - an objective which it is far from reaching - supported the level of ambition of environmentalist rapporteur Claude Turmes (Luxembourg) and called on member states to make the climate objective legally binding.
After five months of negotiations, the EP energy committee finally...