U.S. and EU Join Forces in Cutting Car Emissions
Friday, January 11th, 2008Despite continuing basic differences about how to combat climate change, Europe and the United States are now taking the same road on one important initiative: imposing cuts on CO2 emissions from passenger cars.
Congress has legislated an increase in fuel efficiency of 40 percent for cars by 2020, a move designed to eventually cut U.S. gasoline consumption by 20 percent. Similarly, the European Commission has moved to impose very strict ceilings on CO2 emissions on car makers in Europe even faster, by 2012. (more…)