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Germany is asking why the commission took France off the list of CO2 sinners at the last minute (Photo: European Commission)

Berlin clashes with Brussels over emissions plan

Germany has reacted with irritation to a European Commission decision to slash its allowances to emit greenhouse gasses, calling the move "adventurous" and terming Brussels' handling of the issue as "the opposite of transparency."

EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas on Wednesday (29 November) told Germany and eight other member states that their national pollution-reducing plans for the are too weak, demanding from Berlin that it reduce its carbon emissions by six percent to 453....

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Germany is asking why the commission took France off the list of CO2 sinners at the last minute (Photo: European Commission)

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