Stricter System to Trim Carbon Emissions Is Considered in Europe
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European Union officials this week will aim to reduce corporate influence and make polluting more expensive.
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U.S. scientists say tougher environmental policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions will affect more than the production of cars or light trucks.
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The European Commission is to seek a cut of 18% in CO2 produced by the average new car within five years.
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Britain on Tuesday became the first  country to propose legislation setting binding limits on  greenhouse gases as it stepped up its campaign for a new global  warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
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As the Kyoto climate protocol comes into effect, European industries fear losing a competitive edge to U.S. rivals.
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The EU adopts plans to force European energy markets to be open to more competition.
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E.U. countries scaled back a proposal to regulate airline emissions, but agreed on measures likely to intensify a battle with the United States over environmental regulation.
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Government says new 'carbon price' will favour eco-friendly policy choices
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E.U. countries scaled back a proposal to regulate airline emissions, but agreed on measures likely to intensify a battle with the United States over  environmental regulation.
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Automobile manufacturers will have to limit car emissions in Europe by 2012 or face big fines, under proposals released Wednesday by the European Union.
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Industrial nations agreed on Friday to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases in a small step towards a new long-term pact to fight climate change.
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BERLIN, Mar 13 (IPS) - The new EU commitment to reducing greenhouse gases   emissions by at least 20 percent by  2020 relative to 1990  levels is deceptive, leading German scientists say.
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At the Climate Change Conference in Buenos Aires, the EU has focused attention on the post-Kyoto process. Now that Russia has ratified the pact and it goes into force next year, it is time to look beyond 2012.
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The plan served at least partly as a rebuff to separate efforts by President Bush and European nations to draw China and other developing countries into a commitment to reduce emissions.
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Not greener than green, after all As he outlined the US' new plans for tackling climate change, President Bush made the bold claim that the US' carbon emissions are growing more slowly than those in Europe. This was presented not only as evidence to support the States' non-carbon cap approach to tackling emissions, but as something of a rebuke to the noisy climate change lobby in Europe.â¦
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The European Commission is given a warning that its proposals on cutting carbon emissions could affect industry.
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European Union leaders will put their weight behind ambitious goals to fight climate change today in a move they hope will spur similar action from the United States and other big polluters worldwide.Comment