Europe's efforts to wean itself off costly oil imports suffered a setback on Tuesday when a European Parliament panel threw out plans for speed-limiters on vans and light trucks.
In the finely balanced vote, the parliament's environment committee approved the main goal of the regulation -- cutting van emissions by around 14 percent to an average of 175 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer by 2
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/auto-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution