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Finland wants EU to agree plan for net-zero carbon footprint
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Finland wants EU to agree plan for net-zero carbon footprint

Finland wants the European Union to agree to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2050, Environment Minister Kimmo Tiilikainen said on Monday as the bloc's ministers met to discuss a climate protection plan.

Seeking to slow climate change, lawsuits look to the constitution
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Seeking to slow climate change, lawsuits look to the constitution

Climate activists will argue in an Oslo court this week that Norway's plans for Arctic oil exploration are unconstitutional, in an emerging branch of law where plaintiffs are trying to enlist a nation's founding principles to limit warming.
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