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EU ‘greenhouse gas emissions cut’ deal reached

EU 'greenhouse gas emissions cut' deal reached(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

By MIKE CORDER and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA

European Union leaders agreed early Friday to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the 28-nation bloc to at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.

The deal was aimed at countering climate change and setting an example for the rest of the world ahead of key international climate negotiations next year.

EU set to allow car emissions into carbon trading market

Rush hour traffic fills an avenue leading up to the Arc de Triomphe which seen through a small-particle haze at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Western Paris

By Julia Fioretti and Barbara Lewis

The European Union is set to make it easier to bring road transport emissions into the carbon trading market, a move that critics say could empower carmakers to push back against more effective curbs on greenhouse gases.

PSA will add production shifts to meet demand for Citroen C4 Cactus

PSA will add production shifts to meet demand for Citroen C4 Cactus

PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is adding extra production shifts at its Villaverde factory near Madrid to meet increasing demand for the new Citroen C4 Cactus, a report said.

Fiat’s Wall Street share trading is flat as Milan dominates

Fiat's Wall Street share trading is flat as Milan dominates

Sergio Marchionne (photo above), CEO and architect of the merger that created Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, triumphantly rang the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange last week to mark the company’s debut. Wall Street investors weren’t really listening.

NHTSA ups air bag warning to 7.8M vehicles

NHTSA ups air bag warning to 7.8M vehicles (AP Photo/Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)

By TOM KRISHER

The U.S. government is telling 3 million more car owners to get their air bags repaired immediately because of potential danger to drivers and passengers, but the message has generated confusion about which vehicles are actually affected.