Greece tries to dodge CO2 emission rules

2014-02-24 0

Greece is using its six-month presidencey of the European Union to propose an easing of carbon enissions rules for member states that are in recession.

About a fifth of the country's electricity comes from plants that burn cheap fuel. Right now, those plants are paying millions of dollars in penalities to the European Union for polluting.

Al Jazeera's John Psaropoulos has this special report.

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