The European Union’s Parliament voted for mandatory cuts of CO2 emissions for cars, despite pressure from Europe’s powerful auto industry. The laudable law demands that car companies to reduce carbon dioxide output by 17% within 4 years and 60% within 12 years. According to the BBC:

“Environmental group Greenpeace said the law change could become ‘the first effective EU law to limit our impact on the climate’.”

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