Europe’s ‘Green Deal’ doesn’t live up to its name, critics say

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By Emily PontecorvoDec 13, 2019, 12:03 pm124 pts
The European Union is the world’s third-largest polluter after China and the United States. On Wednesday the European Commission, the E.U.’s executive branch, introduced its proposal for a “Green Deal”— a major plan to make the body carbon neutral by 2050. In a statement, European Commission President…

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