Greenhouse gas emissions gain steam in EU as business picks up

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Bulgaria showed the largest rise across the bloc in the third quarter with a 22.7% rise in emissions, followed by Latvia and Greece

Greenhouse gas emissions across the EU rose in the third quarter of 2021, the bloc’s statistics office said on Tuesday, as economies recovered from the coronavirus crisis.equivalents, up 6% from the third quarter of 2020 when Covid-19 related restrictions had induced a sharp economic contraction.

However, it added that despite the effects of the economic rebound, levels were continuing a long-term trend of steady reduction towards the bloc's targets. Third quarter emissions were down from 891-million tonnes in the same period two years earlier.

 

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