LATEST EU DRAFT ON REAL DRIVING EMISSIONS COULD CAUSE A SCANDAL, ENVIRONMENTALISTS CLAIM
October 1st, 2016
A LEAKED draft of proposals for a new European Union (EU) regulation on real-driving emissions (RDE) from light passenger and commercial vehicles would allow new cars to emit 50% more potentially lung-cancer causing particulates than under current air quality legislation, an environmental group is claiming.
A spokesperson for sustainable transport campaigners Transport & Environment (T&E) argued that the proposals amounted to “concerted efforts to weaken the already inadequate RDE proposal…” The latest proposed controls were so weak T&E ...
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