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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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Compared with 2018, more vans were registered in Lithuania (+25.2%), Greece (+13.7%), Luxembourg (+7.9%) and Germany (+6.6%) while registrations dropped in Iceland (-40.4%), Bulgaria (-35.3%), Malta (-17.2%) and Spain (-17.0%). g CO 2 /km) and Bulgaria (145.1 One of the factors affecting the emission increase of 0.5 g CO 2 /km).

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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g CO 2 /km), followed by Bulgaria (134.4 It also varied across countries: smaller vehicles were sold in Bulgaria and Cyprus ( 1 955 kg) in Slovakia, Finland and Czech Republic. The average fuel-efficiency of new vans varied widely across Member States due to the different models and sizes of vehicles sold in each country. g CO 2 /km).

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EU formally approves sales ban of combustion engine cars by 2035

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The new EU law will require that all carmakers achieve a 100 percent cut in CO2 emissions by 2035 for all new cars sold, eliminating the possibility that gas or petrol-fueled engines can be sold in any of the 27 countries in the EU. Along with the 2035 ban, the EU plans to cut 55 percent of CO2 emissions for all new cars sold from 2030 on.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Within the EU28 the trends vary between countries with decreases of 6% for the UK and Bulgaria and of 3% for Greece and Spain, while increases of 5% in Ireland and Denmark and of 4% in Sweden and Finland occurred. Also in Eurasia emissions grew in Turkey (5%) and Ukraine (8%). Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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On average, the most efficient cars were bought in the Netherlands (109 g CO 2 /km), Greece (111g) and Portugal (112g) while the country selling the least efficient cars was Latvia (147g) followed by Estonia (147g) and Bulgaria (142g). The biggest cars, measured by mass, were bought in Latvia, Sweden and Luxembourg.

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Europe’s Euro 7 emission limits face pushback from 8 international locations

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. “We oppose any new exhaust emission rules (including new testing requirements or new emission limits) for cars and vans,” the international locations mentioned within the paper, which used to be signed via France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

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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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The emissions from countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Poland and the Czech Republic are then relatively more important with regard to the damage costs. However, when damage costs are weighted in an attempt to reflect the productivity of national economies, the ordering of countries changes significantly.

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