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Why Europe cannot afford to shun nuclear power Sustainability Times 30 Jun 2021, 04:24 GMT+10 With the EU Parliament?s approval of the European Commission?s package of legislative proposals on climate and energy, the bloc?s ambitious emissions reduction targets of least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030, are now legally-binding. The vote on 24 June reinforces the EU?s commitment to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 set out in the Green Deal, with the EU now needing to ?reduce emissions more in the next decade than it has in the previous three decades combined?. The law is a great success for the lawmakers who hope it will serve as a blueprint for similar initiatives elsewhere in the world. And indeed, the difficulty of the challenge can hardly be overstated: in 2019, the EU emitted approximately 3.3 billion metric tons of CO2, 80% of which as a result of fossil fuel combustion. However, while the Green Deal has made the final destination clear, the path to reaching it remains mudd

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