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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11494

20 February 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) climate
Study reveals diesel is much more harmful to climate than petrol

Brussels, 19/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - If emissions of black carbon (soot) from diesel engines and the constantly improving performances of petrol engines are taken into account, diesel cars are a bigger cause of climate change than petrol cars, according to a study presented at a hearing in the European Parliament on Wednesday 17 February by NGO Green Budget Europe and MEP Deirdre Clune (EPP, Ireland).

The study, by Dr Eckard Helmers, professor of chemical and environmental analysis at...