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Brussels will take legal action against member states that are not targetting their big CO2 polluters (Photo: European Commission)

Brussels to take legal action against EU states on lack of CO2 plans

Brussels is set to take legal action against nine EU member states for having failed to present the European Commission with plans on how they will cut their greenhouse gasses between 2008 and 2012 – an important part of the EU strategy to reach its Kyoto commitments.

"We are going to start infringement procedures in a few days" against the nine countries that have failed to submit plans, EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas said on Tuesday (10 October), according to AFP.

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Brussels will take legal action against member states that are not targetting their big CO2 polluters (Photo: European Commission)

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