EU adopts binding energy 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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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday called for a European energy policy and said France&#39;s eurozone partners should join it in a plan to pass on surplus tax receipts to consumers.
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.Comment
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The French Socialists' presidential candidate Segolene Royal has expressed support for Germany's position on renewable sources of energy.Comment
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Europe to lead the fight against global warming, ahead of an EU summit.
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Chancellor Merkel gets high marks as Germany prepares to lead the EU next year and host the G-8 summit.
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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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The measures announced to combat climate change means major changes for how Europe gets its energy
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Britain will stage a u-turn by supporting European proposals for binding targets on renewable energy generation.
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European Union leaders clinched  agreement on Friday on a bold long-term strategy for energy  policy and climate change aimed at leading the world in the  fight against global warming, diplomats said.
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The European Commission is to detail wide-ranging proposals for achieving its goals on climate and energy.
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A draft final statement at a European  Union summit on Friday set a binding target of 20 percent of  renewable sources in EU energy consumption by 2020 but offered  flexibility on how member states meet that goal.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- EU leaders agreed Friday on a bold set of measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and 10 percent of European cars will run on biofuels.
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EU leaders seek a deal on renewable energy targets, a day after agreeing to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
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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 the rest of the world to follow.
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Germany's Federal chancellor Angela Merkel , whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, and Germany's Foreign Minister Franck-Walter Steinmeier wait for the arrival of Eurpean leaders ahead of ...Comment
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday pledged to oppose a strict European Union limit on cars' average carbon dioxide emissions, arguing that different models should face different caps.Comment