Brussels climbdown on car emissions

Article reports that Europe's car industry scored a late victory in its battle to scale back tough new emissions standards, 30 January 2007, as the European Commission switched the focus of its campaign against climate change from cleaner engines to greener fuels. New legislative proposals to force oil companies to blend expensive biofuel into petrol was expected to be adopted by the Commission, 31 January 2007, sending a message that carmakers will not take all the pain of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

European Commision: Press Release: IP/07/120: Stricter fuel standards to combat climate change and reduce air pollution http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/120&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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