Agence France-Presse: The European Parliament environment committee on Tuesday broadly approved ambitious proposals to tackle climate change, refusing to bow to industry pressure to water down the measures. The global financial crisis and the closure of German auto factories did not prevent the parliament’s environment committee from voting 44 to 20, in favour of a tough stance in talks with the 27 EU member states on how to achieve the agreed goal of cutting CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2020. The …