French parliament passes sweeping environment law, COP 15
Release Date: 2009-07-24
New law would reduce France's carbon emissions fourfold by 2050 and increase renewable energy sources to 23 percent of total energy production, about double current levels.
France's parliament passed a sweeping law Thursday overhauling environmental standards and setting tough emissions targets, sending a signal to other major polluting nations ahead of global climate talks.
Legislators in both houses of French parliament approved the measure by a comfortable margin, with the majority conservatives and opposition Socialists supporting it. Green Party lawmakers and the Communists opposed it, saying it doesn't go far enough.
| Type: | NORMAL |
| Company: | COP 15 |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Url: | http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=1762 |