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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9748

26 September 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/environment
Environment committee surprises hardened pessimists with vote demanding CO2 emission reductions from new cars

Brussels, 25/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - When environmental activists were already calling things a scandal, in expectation of the vote they feared would appease the car industry too much, the European Parliament's environment committee, annihilated (on 25 September) all attempts of watering down demands in the draft regulation aimed at compelling car manufacturers to reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger car up to 2012.

Committee members completely and unexpectedly voted to reject the...

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