Coal Boosts Emissions in Key EU States Despite Green Targets

摘要

The disconnect at the heart of Europe's climate policy was starkly illustrated last month with news that greenhouse gas emissions are rising in some of the bloc's biggest economies as coal displaces gas in power generation. Sobering data from Germany and the UK show emissions increased in both countries in 2012 despite the billions of dollars spent on wind farms and solar power in pursuit of EU climate targets for 2020, although the bloc as a whole saw emissions fall 1.4%.