By Peter Henderson, Reuters – 13 December 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California on Friday became the first state in the country to force big diesel trucks to clean up their exhaust, despite warnings from truckers the new rules will force them out of business. About a million vehicles, from big rigs to school buses, [...]
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EU Agrees to Cut Greenhouse Gases 20pc by 2020
Agence France-Presse in Brussels, SCMP – Updated on Dec 13, 2008 EU leaders reached agreement on an ambitious package to slash greenhouse-gas emissions yesterday, urging US president-elect Barack Obama to follow their lead in the fight against global warming. But environmentalists promptly panned the agreement, saying too many concessions had been made to industry and [...]