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10/03/2004
Environment minister Elliot Morley, speaking at a LowCVP fringe meeting at the Labour Conference, said that financial drivers would be the key to the uptake of clean, low carbon vehicles. Mr Morley was speaking at a meeting 'How should we fuel our cars fo
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08/03/2004
A new report for the Department for Transport outlines the potential for non-technical transport policy measures like travel planning, car clubs and sharing schemes and tele-working to reduce congestion and pollution.
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08/03/2004
The production of biofuels is rising rapidly in Europe according to a recent market survey. The output of biodiesel - easily the dominant biofuel - increased by 26% in 2003.
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08/03/2004
The development of a hydrogen refuelling facility in Hornchurch, Essex, to support the operation of hydrogen fuel cell buses in London has been allowed to proceed following an appeal by developers BP.
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07/03/2004
The issue of labelling vehicles according to their energy and environmental performance was raised in a written question by John Battle, MP.
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06/03/2004
An online database of national policies and measures to
reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in 26 industrialised
countries is relaunched, to include developments in 2003.
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05/03/2004
A public consultation: "Towards a UK Strategy for Biofuels" was launched by the Department for Transport on 26 April.
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02/03/2004
On 03 February 2004, the European Commission approved the UK's excise duty reduction for bioethanol used for road transport.
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18/02/2004
The European Commission has published its monitoring report on average CO2 emissions from new passenger cars in 2002. The report shows a decrease in average CO2 emissions from 186g CO2/km in 1995 to 166g CO2/km in 2002.
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12/02/2004
According to the 2004 Competitiveness Report from the European Commission, the European car industry is strong in many aspects but is falling behind Japanese manufacturers in terms of environmental technologies.
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