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· [contains: ".. total energy consumption _fell_ 1.6% in 2000 even though
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http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=10161&newsDate=21-Mar-2001
 is:   Finland met Kyoto carbon dioxide goals in 2000 - SF
  
HELSINKI, FINLAND: March 21, 2001- Finland's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
from the use of fossil fuels and peat fell 5.3 percent to a total of 54
million tonnes last year, preliminary figures from Statistics Finland (SF)
showed on Monday. 

The decrease, stemming a lower consumption of peat and oil, means emission
amounts now match 1990 levels as required by the Kyoto Protocol on climate
change, Statistics Finland said in a statement.

SF also said according to preliminary data that Finland's total energy
consumption fell 1.6 percent in 2000 even though the country's gross
domestic product rose 5.7 percent.

Consumption of peat took the biggest hit with a 17 percent decline,
depressed largely by higher taxes and cheap imports of electricity, while
consumption of oil fell four percent due to higher prices and warmer weather.

Heavy rains boosted hydropower production by 15 percent, while natural gas
consumption rose a mere two percent, SF said. 

REUTERS

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