ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY: A day of shame
10 Aug 2009
The Environmental Defence Society has described the government's emissions target of 10 to 20 per cent reduction by 2020 as "underwhelming and incomprehensible."
EDS chairman Gary Taylor, who earlier argued for a unilateral 25 per cent reduction increasing to 30 to 40 per cent if developing countries took on clear obligations at Copenhagen in December, says that the new target is much less than expected.
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