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EU energy sector makes insufficient progress in reducing its environmental impact

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Press Release Published 30 May 2002 Last modified 28 Jun 2016

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Energy consumption in the European Union is rising, mainly because of transport growth, energy efficiency is improving only slowly and renewable energies need to expand by at least double the current rate if targets for boosting their market shares by 2010 are to be reached