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MEPs reject attempt to dilute car CO2 proposals
The European parliament's environment committee has rejected an attempt to soften draft EU legislation to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars. In a vote on Thursday the committee said carmakers should be forced to limit average CO2 emissions from new vehicles sold in the EU to 130 grams per kilometre (g/km) by 2012, as part of an overall EU limit of 120g/km by the same date.
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