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Lisbon goal poses choice between efficiency leap or exploiting the planet, EEA head warns

Press Release Published 24 Nov 2004 Last modified 28 Jun 2016

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The European Union faces a choice between exploiting the rest of the planet or becoming dramatically more efficient in its use of resources if it is to meet its 'Lisbon strategy' goal of becoming the world's most dynamic and competitive economy, the head of the European Environment Agency (EEA) warned today.