In environmental news, the European Union unveiled a new energy policy Wednesday that claims the fight against global warming as a central factor. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made the announcement in Brussels.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso: “Today the European Commission will call on the European Council to agree to promote a 30 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 for developed countries in international negotiations. But European Union needs to act now. This is why we propose a European Union commitment now to reduce European Union greenhouse emissions by at least 20 percent by 2020 as compared to 1990 levels.”