"EU Barroso gets cold feet on capping car emissions"
A Commission proposal on reducing cars' carbon-dioxide releases has been delayed because commissioners are unable to agree on whether targets should be binding for manufacturers.
Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has refused to fold to pressure from the automotive industry and from fellow Commissioner Günter Verheugen on plans, due on 24 January 2007, to make European cars greener. Proposals will now likely be delayed for a couple of weeks, Commission sources confirmed on 23 January.
Environmentalists have blasted the delay. According to Transport & Environment Director Jos Dings: "The delay is worrying because Barroso has put the issue of whether the Commission should legislate now on the table. I find it very worrying that a Commission President who has overseen an energy package calling for a 20% cut in greenhouse gases by 2020 drags his feet at the first serious measure to do this. How credible is that?"
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