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Imported diesel car sales in S. Korea drop amid emissions scandal
2015-11-13 21:05:37| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Sales of imported diesel vehicles in South Korea hit the lowest level in a year in October as customers seem to be shunning diesel models following the worldwide emissions scandal, industry data showed Friday. According to the data by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association, imported diesel car sales here came to 11,057 units in October, the smallest monthly figure since October last year, when they reached 11,001 units.
Volkswagen car sales fall more than 5% in wake of emissions scandal
2015-11-13 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Volkswagen car sales fell worldwide last month as the German carmaker counted the cost of the emissions rigging scandal. VW sold 490,000 cars of its namesake brand last month, 5.3% fewer than a year earlier, while its Czech brand Škoda was down 2.7% and Spanish marque Seat dropped 3.1%. Commercial vehicles registered a sharper decline of 9.8%. Audi sales held up with 2% growth, while Porsche raced ahead with an 18% increase. The company pointed to the suspension of sales of affected diesel...
Environmentalists urge feds to enforce rules on power plant emissions cuts
2015-11-13 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Trib Live: Environmental advocates from as far away as Detroit gathered Thursday in Pittsburgh to urge federal regulators to enforce stringent rules on states that fail to write their own plans to meet requirements for reducing carbon emissions from power plants. Climate change driven by pollution from fossil fuel-burning plants will harm the planet if the Environmental Protection Agency does not curb emissions soon, dozens of people said during testimony inside the William S. Moorhead Federal Building and...
VW fined $13 million by the Brazil regulator for emissions fraud
2015-11-13 15:05:03| Automakers - Topix.net
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources said it would fine Volkswagen for defrauding local emissions testing requirements. In total, 17,057 diesel-powered Amaroks have been affected.
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Australia: Turnbull government spends big on emissions cuts, but falls short on targets: Critics
2015-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Almost half the money the Turnbull government has set aside to pay for emissions cuts has now been committed, after a further $557 million was spent under the second auction of its emissions reduction fund. But the auction results that were released on Thursday have again sparked criticism from policy observers, who said they showed the fund would achieve only a small proportion of the emissions cuts needed to meet Australia's international climate targets. Projects that won contracts under the...
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