{"id":2508,"date":"2017-05-17T09:07:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T08:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euchems.eu\/newsletters\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2017-06-29T08:57:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T07:57:12","slug":"co2-emissions-in-the-eu-estimated-to-have-slightly-decreased-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euchems.eu\/newsletters\/co2-emissions-in-the-eu-estimated-to-have-slightly-decreased-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"CO2 Emissions in the EU Estimated to Have Slightly Decreased in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eurostat estimates that in 2016 carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion decreased by 0.4% in the European Union (EU), compared with the previous year. CO2 emissions are a major contributor to global warming and account for around 80% of all EU greenhouse gas emissions. 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