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Emissions scandal: Liberals and Democrats condemn EU Governments decision on new road tests
EU governments have this afternoon, behind closed doors, agreed new emissions tests for diesel cars. The new road tests measuring real emissions, which are needed to avoid cheating on the emission limits, will be implemented from 2017 onw…
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MEPs vote for ambitious EU air pollution limits including ammonia and methane
The European Parliament has approved strict new national limits on major pollutants to be met by 2030. The limits are expected to halve the number of premature deaths caused by air pollution each year, estimated at 400,000 in the EU.
MEPs today voted:
• To include ammonia and methane, two pollutants largely emitted from agriculture. MEPs voted to exempt enteric methane (emitted from ruminant animals’ belches).
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