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BRUSSELS - Europe should cut energy use by 11.5 percent over the period 2006-2015 to save supplies and reduce global warming, an EU lawmaker said on Thursday, increasing the burden on EU states to be energy efficient.
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EU lawmakers sitting in the European Parliament's industry committee voted late on Wednesday to raise the energy saving requirements in a draft proposal from the earlier target of a 10 percent cut in energy use until 2015. The European Commission, author of the draft legislation, has proposed an annual one percent cut in energy use over the 2006-15 period in homes, offices, farms and across the public, transport and industry sector. The industry committee wants a 3 percent cut in energy use between 2006 and 2009, 4 percent reduction over the 2009-12 period and 4.5 percent cut between 2012 and 2015. British Liberal EU lawmaker Fiona Hall welcomed the vote. "We most now ... send a clear message to those such as (British Prime Minister) Tony Blair who have voiced opposition to binding energy savings targets," she said in a statement. "This proposal will not be watered down or shelved." The 732-member parliament will vote on the report in June. EU governments must also agree to the draft for it to apply.
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