Netherlands ordered to cut emissions by 25 %

"The court orders the state to limit its total volume of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as to reduce them by at least 25% by 2020 compared with 1990," declared Judge Hans Hofhuis at a public hearing in a court in The Hague, on 24 June. "Based on the state's current policy, the Netherlands will achieve a 17% reduction in emissions at most in 2020, which is below the norm of 25% to 40% for developed countries deemed necessary in…