Swiss reject law to help country meet Paris carbon emissions goal

FILE PHOTO: A poster demanding: "Destroy Swiss Agriculture? Radical plant protection & drinkwater initiatives - 2 x No" is placed in front of a field near Aesch, Switzerland June 1 2021. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss voters rejected a trio of environmental proposals on Sunday, including a new law intended to help the country meet its goal for cutting carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

A new CO2 law was narrowly rejected, with 51.6% of voters opposing it in a nationwide referendum conducted under the country's system of direct democracy.