1. Clobbered over carbon.
- Author
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Sampson, Ben
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GREENHOUSE gases , *EMISSION control , *ELECTRIC automobiles , *NUCLEAR power plants - Abstract
The article reports on the initiative of the Committee on Climate Change to deal the climate changes issue in Great Britain. It states that the committee has launched its report that contains reduce greenhouse gas emissions policy including a 30% emission reduction by 2020, using 1.7 million electric cars and three new nuclear power stations. However, the most disturbing policy for industrial sector is the added carbon leakage that is an unintentional consequence of trading schemes and policies.
- Published
- 2009