German government OKs $60 billion climate policy package
(WorldNews Europe)

BERLIN - Under pressure from environmental protests and growing support for the opposition Green party, the German government agreed Friday on a $60 billion package of measures for tackling climate change. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the deal hammered out by governing parties during marathon talks overnight would boost the country`s contribution to fighting global warming. Europe`s biggest economy aims to cut its greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels. "We believe that we can achieve the goals and that we`ve truly laid the foundations for this," Merkel told reporters in Berlin. But Ottmar Edenhofer, one of Merkel`s top climate advisers, slammed the...