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Activists scale building in minister’s constituency
Greenpeace has this morning released confidential internal policy documents
from Transport Minister Norman Baker that shows how he is blocking new
legislation to reduce carbon emissions from new cars.
The proposed law could save motorists up to £400 per year, and have been
proposed by leading Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall.
In the leaked briefing Baker and his officials call for ‘opposing’ a
proposal by Liberal Democrat Fiona Hall, who
sits on the Industry Research and Energy (ITRE) committee of the European
Parliament, which called for the reduction
of CO2 emissions from all new cars to 70g CO2/km for 2025. In the document the
minister explains why he wants MEPs to vote against his fellow Lib Dem’s proposal.
Among the other details the internal documents
show are:
Posted by jamie — 5 March 2013 at 6:52pm
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Half a million Jedi can't be wrong
After nearly two years of campaigning by more than 526,000 of you
across the planet, VW has turned away from the Dark Side and committed
to make cleaner and more efficient cars.
That means VW will also meet strong EU CO2 reduction targets.
This
is big, because using less oil means less pollution, less impact on the
climate and less pressure on vulnerable places like the Arctic.
Posted by jamie — 5 March 2013 at 3:56pm
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After nearly 2 years and 520,683 people pressuring VW, they've finally agreed to make cleaner and more efficient cars. VW announced that it will meet new EU car efficiency targets for 2020. That means its entire fleet will average 95g/km (about 4 litres/100km) per vehicle by 2020. VW is Europe’s biggest car-maker, the seconde biggest in the world, so this is big news. Using less oil means less pollution, less impact on the climate and less pressure on vulnerable places like the Arctic. Here's how you made it happen...
Posted by Hugh Mouser — 11 January 2013 at 5:52pm
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How’s your New Year’s resolutions list going? We’re waiting to hear how Volkswagen has begun 2013.
This morning more than 25 Greenpeace activists protested against the carmaker’s stance on the climate outside the Vienna car show. Handing out leaflets and making the point that VW can do better, we were hoping that the company makes some strong commitments.
Posted by Louise Edge — 28 November 2012 at 1:33pm
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VW is still pushing for weaker emissions laws in Europe
"Environmental protection is the top priority for
Volkswagen". So says the blurb for VW’s latest PR initiative. But
according to a story in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper it seems no one told their lobbyists…
The story reveals that the VDA, the lobby group that
represents VW along with fellow German carmakers BMW and Daimler, wants to
make a big hole in a proposed EU law to control CO2 emissions from even
bigger cars.
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Posted by Richardg — 6 September 2012 at 12:46pm
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Greenpeace activists climb onto the top of a plane at London Heathrow Airport
The Cabinet reshuffle could unleash an unprecedented assault on our environment. It’s time mainstream politicians put their differences aside and worked together to stop George Osborne.
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Responding to the re-emergence
of calls for the expansion of Heathrow airport, John Sauven, executive director
of Greenpeace UK, said:
“It’s high time the aviation
lobbyists realise their runway plans aren’t going to fly. The Prime Minister
has personally promised that it won’t happen, and the Transport Secretary is
firmly against it too.
Posted by sara_a — 13 July 2012 at 12:19pm
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Over half a million people have made it impossible for VW to openly oppose targets
This week the European Commission published a new draft
proposal on car efficiency for 2020. They agreed to stick with their original
target but have missed a chance to go further towards getting us off our oil
addiction.
