* Belgium - Britain joins calls for limits on truck carbon dioxide emissions
-- Britain and three other countries have joined calls for mandatory European Union limits on the amount of CO2 pumped out by trucks, which account for 30 percent of road transport emissions but only a small fraction of vehicles on the road... The European Commission has introduced a limit of 95 grams of CO2 per kilometre (g/km) by 2021 for cars and vans, but emissions from heavy duty vehicles (HDVs) are unregulated. The United States by contrast in June proposed tighter standards on truck emissions... Britain, Belgium, Slovenia and the Netherlands are calling for the Commission to introduce CO2 limits for trucks, according to submissions to a Commission questionnaire, adding their weight to calls from Germany's Federal Environment Agency in August for CO2 targets for trucks... An EU source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Germany’s backing of standards for trucks was linked to efforts to protect its car industry: “There is an argument that if you bring in standards for trucks, you don’t have to do any more for cars” ... Earlier this month the European Parliament called for the development of a simulation tool measuring the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of HDVs, and, if needed, the imposition of mandatory emissions limits...
(Photo: EU ozone pollution exceeded target levels in summer 2012) -- Brussels, Belgium - Reuters, by JULIA FIORETTI - Sep 21, 2015Labels: air pollution debates, trucks' pollution
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