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Government set to deliver climate change bill

By Rich Bowden,M&C Staff Writer Nov 14, 2007, 9:36 GMT

(M&C) - The government is expected to introduce a bill into Parliament Thursday which, if passed, would set mandatory carbon emission targets. Black smoke and fumes billow from a smokestack at the state-run power plant of Aghios Dimitrios in Kozani, northern Greece, Monday 5 February 2007. EPA/CHRISTOS BLETSOS

Black smoke and fumes billow from a smokestack at the state-run power plant of Aghios Dimitrios in Kozani, northern Greece, Monday 5 February 2007. EPA/CHRISTOS BLETSOSThe bill would make Britain the first country in the world to set such a legally binding commitment setting the figure of reducing global warming carbon emissions by 60 percent by the year 2050 and around 30 percent by the year 2025.According to government sources the bill will be published on Thursday and then put into a parliamentary process which could lead to the proposals being made law within six months.However environmentalists have said the levels of cuts, while welcome, do not go far enough to stave off global warming instead calling for cuts of 80 percent, with annual targeting.While the government has rejected cuts above 60 percent, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has said he will consult with a climate monitoring committee to be set up by the bill, to see if the 80 percent cuts are necessary and affordable.

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