EU adopts binding energy, climate targets: Merkel
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European Union leaders agreed a full package of binding measures on Friday to build a common energy policy and fight climate change, challenging the world to follow suit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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The European Union's plan for tackling climate change calls for imposing emissions cuts on member states, building more windmills and making it costlier for major polluters, according to documents to be unveiled Wednesday.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources like the sun and the wind, and challenging ...Comment
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders meeting in Germany have agreed to pursue "substantial" cuts in greenhouse gases, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
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British opposition leader David Cameron rides a bike to work. German Chancellor Angela Merkel switches to low-energy lightbulbs. Pro-business French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy promises to double taxes on polluters.
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Germany's chancellor says the leaders of the G8 nations have agreed a compromise deal on climate change.
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European leaders gave strong backing Thursday to an ambitious plan to combat climate change, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, but cautioned work is still needed on a key element - binding targets for ...Comment
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to push for tougher global action against climate change and ending human rights abuses in Darfur in meetings with top Chinese officials on Monday.
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European leaders, looking to set the pace in the race against global warming, consider tough new targets.
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PARIS, March 9 -- European Union leaders agreed Friday to take the 27-country bloc beyond the targets of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming, agreeing to legally binding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the use of renewable energy.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that the Group of Eight has agreed on a plan calling for "substantial cuts" in the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
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Germany's Angela Merkel denounces EU plans to fine carmakers that do not meet carbon dioxide emission caps.
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The EU adopts plans to force European energy markets to be open to more competition.
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The European Commission announces plans to force energy companies to produce greener fuels.
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The measures announced to combat climate change means major changes for how Europe gets its energy
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed a breakthrough in the fight against climate change on Friday after proposing a European Union summit compromise to set a binding target for renewable fuels.
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EU leaders seek a deal on renewable energy targets, a day after agreeing to cut carbon dioxide emissions.