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EU Rejects 30% Emissions Cut: The Good And Bad News / Lynann Butkiewicz, Weathervane, 6/07/2011http://www.rff.org/wv/archive/2011/07/06/eu-rejects-30-emissions-cut-the-good-and-bad-news.aspxThe European Parliament failed to get the votes needed to raise Europe’s carbon emissions reduction target from 20 percent to 30 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. With Poland – Europe’s biggest coal user- taking over the EU  presidency for the next six months and opposed to the increase in carbon  emissions cuts, it is unlikely the 30 percent target will happen before  the end of the year and in time for Conference of Parties 17 (COP17) in  Durban, South Africa...-&#62; voir aussi :Le Parlement rejette le nouvel objectif de réduction d'émissions : les lobbys en question / Lobby fury as MEPs trash CO2 emissions cut, EurActiv, 5/07/2011 http://www.euractiv.com/fr/climat-environnement/le-parlement-rejette-le-nouvel-objectif-de-duction-missions-les-lobbys-en-questLes groupes de pression sont à nouveau au coeur de la controverse, alors  que le Parlement européen a refusé hier (5 juillet) d'accroître  l'objectif de réduction d'émissions de CO2 de l'UE de 20 % à 30 % par rapport aux niveaux de 1990... / A lobbying row has broken out as the European Parliament decisively  rejected yesterday (5 July) increasing the EU's 2020 CO2 emissions  reduction target from 20% to 30%, on 1990 levels...