Recession and renewables combine to shrink EU emissions

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As IEA reveals global emissions are rising again, European Environment Agency confirms emissions across the bloc fell over seven percent in 2009

European emissions fell 7.1 per cent in 2009 owing to the twin effects of the recession and increased deployment of renewable energy, new EU figures have shown. The European Environment Agency (EEA)...

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