EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE SUPPORTS MANDATORY AUTO CO2 LIMITS
September 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament environment committee has backed the European Commission in pressing for mandatory CO2 emission limits for cars and vans used in the European Union (EU). In an important political move regarding controversial proposals made by the EU executive earlier this year, the committee adopted a report calling for carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars to be capped at an average of 120g/km from 2012. In February, the Commission said it planned to propose next year that CO2 emissions from new auto models be cut to an average ...
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