VOICE welcomes the UK Government's pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2025, based on a comparison with 1990 levels. Below is an article from today's Guardian, which claims this move represents "the most ambitious targets on greenhouse gases of any developed country". We hope that the Irish government will soon follow suit, and make a similarly strong commitment to reducing carbon emissions.Chris Huhne pledges to halve UK carbon emissions by 2025by Fiona Harvey and Allegra StrattonThe Guardian, Tuesday 17 May 2011The UK is to put in place the most ambitious targets on greenhouse gases of any developed country, by halving carbon dioxide emissions by 2025, after a tumultuous week of cabinet rifts on the issue.Agreeing the targets took weeks of wrangling among ministers, but late on Tuesday afternoon the energy and climate secretary, Chris Huhne, announced to parliament that the "carbon budget" – a 50% emissions cut averaged across the years 2023 to 2027, compared with 1990 levels – would be enshrined in law.Connie Hedegaard, the European Union's climate change chief, hailed the outcome as "very encouraging" and "an example" to other countries, which she said showed that countries could pursue economic growth while cutting emissions. "This is a recognition that to be very ambitious on public spending [cuts] does not mean you can't be ambitious on climate change targets," she told the Guardian. Read more at this link.