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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9874

2 April 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/climate
Stavros Dimas welcomes draft US law as being “very encouraging” but says there's a drawback

Brussels, 01/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for the environment, Stavros Dimas, said that the US law presented by Congress on 31 March on climate and energy was very encouraging. It aims to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 compared to 2005 levels but Mr Dimas still expects the US to do more. On 1 April in Brussels, Mr Dimas said, “We welcome this initiative. The fact that Congress and the Obama Administration are fighting climate change and reducing...

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