{"id":305,"date":"2008-02-18T17:48:17","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T00:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/digest\/archives\/305"},"modified":"2010-08-09T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T19:01:46","slug":"eu-announces-green-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/2008\/02\/eu-announces-green-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"European Union Announces Green Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Manuel Barroso announced on January 23 that the EU will be pursuing a comprehensive environmental regulation strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2020. His speech, entitled “20 20 by 2020: Europe’s Climate Change Opportunity” set the goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 20% and reaching 20% usage of renewable fuels. The methods employed in achieving these goals will include a new Emissions Trading System, binding national emissions targets, and a 10% target for biofuel usage. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The cost of the plan is estimated to be less than .5% of the EU’s GDP, or about 3 Euro per citizen per week.<\/p>\n

See the original press release here<\/a>. See the BBC coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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