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| Germany protects car industry as EU goes for JUST 15% cut in co2 car emissions by 2025 - 35% by 2030. |
| 2018-10-12 |
| [TransportEnvironment.org] One day after the world’s leading climate scientists urged global leaders to drastically cut emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change, EU governments agreed to reduce carbon emissions from new cars by just 35% in 2030, compared to 2021 levels. Although slightly better than the Commission’s proposal, European NGO federation Transport & Environment (T&E) says this position falls well short of what is needed to meet the EU’s 2030 climate law and avoid dangerous climate change as highlighted in yesterday’s IPCC’s report. VW is so strongly tied to German car manufacturing it's dangerous. Germany should be pushing for EVs but VW underestimated EVs and was the last one with EV development. Seventeen countries representing over half of Europe’s population originally called for a 2030 CO2 reduction target of at least 40%. Germany and the Visegrad countries fiercely lobbied for no more than a 30% cut proposed by the European Commission; aided behind the scenes by Commissioner Cañete. Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden stated their disappointment with the position agreed and said they would call for higher ambition in negotiations with Parliament. Typical Europeans. They have nothing but hate for America for its perceived protectionism, but when it comes time to harm their own industries in the service of the global ideals they speak so highly of, it's crickets. Hypocritical assholes. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy |
| #2 In the 1990's the Europeans got specific exemptions to Kyoto for the concrete and steel industries because they were "Vital to |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-10-12 18:27 |
| #1 Automobiles are EVIL! Bicycles, leather cadillacs, and foto monitored gov't transportation are the future. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-12 01:49 |