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The European Commission has urged its members to sign up to an unprecedented common energy policy, unveiling a plan to diversify the bloc's energy sources.

Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said it was time for a "post-industrial revolution" which would see Europe slash greenhouse gases by 20% by 2020.

But political as well as environmental concerns should spur change, he noted.

EU vulnerability as an oil importer was thrown into sharp relief this week when Russia's row with Belarus hit supplies.

The EU wants a radical shift towards renewable energy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6247199.stm

an unprecedented common energy policy: 一個史無前例的共同能源政策

a radical shift :一個徹底的移轉

slash 一般用作"(用刀,劍等)砍;砍擊;砍傷,割傷"等解釋, 在此則作"大幅度削減"之意

ex,  

1. The government has decided to slash taxes.
   政府決定大幅度減稅。