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German minister Wissing starts international e-fuels dialogue

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We need e-fuels to achieve our climate protection goals. Our goal is to agree on uniform standards and a legal framework, to reduce the currently high costs and to increase production capacities. Legal and planning certainty are necessary prerequisites for industry and investors. The aim is to consolidate international exchange.

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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Estimating the magnitude of costs associated with future climate change impacts is very uncertain. The report does not assess whether the emissions from industrial facilities are consistent with the legal permitting conditions for the operation of these plants. A small number of individual facilities cause the majority of damage costs.

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