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EU denies attempt to hide greenhouse gas emissions

by Laura Barron-Lopez - 11/21/13 7:49 AM ET

The European Union’s plea for more time to calculate its greenhouse gas emissions levels is not an attempt to hide its emissions, an EU envoy told Bloomberg.

{mosads}A 2015 deal is unrealistic, said Juergen Lefevere, a climate envoy for the bloc, at talks in Poland.

Lefevere told Bloomberg that the review of the nation’s emissions will take more than a year to complete and noted it had nothing to do with transparency.

The climate talks, which finish Friday, aim to establish a treaty by 2015 that would limit fossil-fuel emissions.

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