GERMANY DEVELOPS PROACTIVE STANCE ON CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION AND STORAGE
September 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY - once again the European Union's economic powerhouse - is pushing ahead with innovative solutions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, without damaging key automobile and other engineering industries. In an interview with the influential Berliner Zeitung newspaper, Germany's deputy economy minister Joachim Wuermeling suggested automobile makers could be included in a revised "EU emissions trading scheme." This currently excludes the transport sector, but Germany facing calls from the European Commission to cap vehicle CO2 ...
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