EU Plan Sets Out Cuts for CO2 Emissions

January 22, 2008 By AOIFE WHITE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- The European Union's plan for tackling climate change calls for imposing emissions cuts on member states, building more windmills and making it costlier for major polluters, according to documents to be unveiled Wednesday.

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