Govt blasted over carbon emissions
                   
christiantoday.com     Jul 14, 2008            

Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008, 7:47 (BST) The sunset is seen behind Isla refinery in Willemstad on the island of Curacao in this picture taken June 16, 2008. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva) The government's record in cutting its own emissions of planet-warming gases was "extremely poor", a cross-party panel of politicians said on Monday. "Central Government must demonstrate leadership by making rapid progress," the report said, finding that a major problem was rising electricity consumption from increasing use of computers. The report cited figures from the independent Sustainable Development Commission showing that the government was set to miss its target to cut carbon emissions by 12.5 percent by 2011 on 2000 levels. As a result, the government's aim to be carbon neutral by 2012 - meaning it produced no net carbon emissions - would... [read full story]                    


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