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German lobbying delays EU car emissions deal

2013-06-28 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: German lobbying has halted a deal to enforce stricter rules on carbon dioxide emissions for all new cars in the European Union from 2020, EU sources said on Thursday. The compromise deal was hammered out late on Monday to enforce a limit of 95 grams per kilometer (g/km) as an average across the EU fleet by 2020. It had the backing of most member states, EU sources said, but Germany, home to premium carmakers, such as Daimler and BMW, was not happy and has campaigned aggressively against the...

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Monsanto to pull the plug on GM lobbying and activities in Europe

2013-06-04 11:40:39| Biotech - Topix.net

Monsanto has said it will scrap lobbying in most of the EU in order to focus on area where there is 'wider acceptence' of its GM crop technology.

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Lobbying in American-US Airways deal focuses on small cities

2013-05-25 04:59:00| Airlines - Topix.net

US Airways Group and American Airlines , seeking approval for a merger that would create the world's largest airline, are warning lawmakers that a requirement to divest certain airport slots would lead to less service for small and medium-sized cities, sources close to the effort told Reuters.

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Canadian Minister Takes Tar Sands Lobbying to Europe

2013-05-06 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A European Union plan to label crude from the Alberta oil sands as dirty is unfair and could damage Canada's bid to find new export markets, the Canadian resources minister said at the start of a mission to lobby against the idea. As part of a plan to cut greenhouse gases from transport fuel, the EU's executive commission has developed a Fuel Quality Directive that would single out oil from Alberta's tar sands as more polluting than conventional crude. Canada, whose oil sands are the world's...

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