NEWS BRIEFS / Social

CO2 emissions from heavy goods vehicles, IndustriAll is concerned about economic impact of overly ambitious targets

01/02/2019 (Agence Europe) – Industrial workers' unions, IndustriAll, warn EU co-legislators against setting overly ambitious CO₂ reduction targets for heavy goods vehicles (see EUROPE 12178), in a statement issued at the end of January. Such objectives could ultimately destroy many jobs, they believe. IndustriAll proposes not to go beyond the objectives of the EU Council agreement, namely a 15% reduction by 2025 and a 30% reduction by 2030 (see EUROPE 12164). The organization...