German coalition negotiators agree to scrap 2020 climate target - sources

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German coalition negotiators agree to scrap 2020 climate target - sources
Reuters, Jan 8, 2018, Markus Wacket

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s would-be coalition partners have agreed to drop plans to lower carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, sources familiar with negotiations said on Monday -- a potential embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Negotiators for Merkel’s conservative bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) told Reuters the parties had agreed in exploratory talks on forming a government that the targeted cut in emissions could no longer be achieved by 2020.


More: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-politics/german-coalition-negotiators-agree-to-scrap-2020-climate-target-sources-idUKKBN1EX0OW

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A little more here:  http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/01/08/germany-set-abandon-2020-climate-target-reports/

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Saving the planet isn't nearly as much fun without the US taxpayer gravy train.