Car CO2 emissions: Environment Committee backs agreement with Council

An agreement with the Council of Ministers on new rules designed to achieve the CO2 emission reduction target of 95g/km for new cars by 2020 was endorsed by the Environment Committee on Tuesday. The text retains this target, albeit with a limited "phase-in" in 2020, and allows "super credits" for the least-polluting cars in each manufacturer´s range to be counted from 2020 to 2022.The file had to be reopened after EU ministers failed to endorse a previous informal deal on it with...