Mexico's Senate passes climate change bill
Mexico's Senate passes climate change bill
by Staff Writers
Mexico City (AFP) April 20, 2012
Mexico's Senate has unanimously passed a climate change bill aimed at reducing carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2050, following Britain in creating legally binding emissions goals.
The law -- approved late Thursday and which still needs to be signed by President Felipe Calderon -- seeks to promote policies and incentives to reduce carbon emissions, decrease the use of fossil fuels and make renewable power more competitive.
It will set up a National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change to coordinate efforts from various ministries as well as a fund for efforts at tackling climate change.
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In 2009, the United States attempted, unsuccessfully, to pass a similar climate change bill.
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