Low carbon way 'to reshape lives' (BBC)

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By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

Ambitious plans to generate one third of UK electricity from renewables by 2020 form the centrepiece of government plans for a low carbon future.

Financial packages for wind and wave energy and changes to planning procedures are among key components of the Low Carbon Transition Plan.
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The measures are designed to meet the UK target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 34% from 1990 levels by 2020, and the EU-derived target of producing 15% of energy from renewable sources by the same date.

Currently, greenhouse gas emissions are about 22% below the 1990 baseline, according to government figures, including cuts that companies have purchased through the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS).

Every sector of the economy will be expected to cut emissions, although electricity generation and heavy industry will bear about half of the reductions.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8150919.stm