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to the Car Fuel Efficiency Campaign multi-language website! We have designed our site to allow our European campaign groups to communicate their activities in their own national language. While most of the pages on our site are in English, all articles are in the member group’s national language. For non-English articles, the title and a short summary have been translated into English.

 

A case for change - New report from the Car Fuel Efficiency Campaign about car advertising

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Brussels - In Summer 2009, Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) and a coalition of national partners initiated a study to look into the degree to which member states were complying with Directive 1999/94/EC. The Directive outlines the requirements of carmakers to inform consumers about the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions data for new cars sold on the European market, but is also meant to enable consumers to make informed choices with the aim of shifting the market towards more fuel-efficient vehicles, thereby reducing emissions from passenger cars.

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Pubblicità auto: l'illegalità regna padrona

Terra! presents the update of the “SELLING SMOKE” report on illegal car advertising as part of its campaign for energy efficiency in the car industry. Almost a year has passed since the association carried out its first investigation into illegal advertising. Terra! now presents an update...


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Roma - Presentato l'aggiornamento del rapporto "Venditori di fumo" sulle pubblicità illegali delle auto, nell'ambito della campagna per l'efficienza energetica delle automobili.

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EU must commit to green electric cars

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Brussels - Putting more electric cars on the road could increase carbon emissions unless they run on green energy, says a new independent report commissioned jointly by Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace and Transport & Environment. The environmental organisations call for national renewable electricity targets to ensure electric vehicles are truly ‘zero emissions’.

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Clearer info in car adverts - EU compilation video

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Brussels, Berlin, London, Paris, Rome, Madrid - Car Fuel Efficiency campaigners in 6 European countries took to the streets this summer to ask people about...

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Emissioni di CO2 delle Auto - La nuova classifica di Transport & Environment

Cars CO2 Emissions: New European ranking - In 2008 car makers reduced by a 3,3% the CO2 emissions of new cars in the EU market. The new car sector average value is now 153,5 gCO2/km. According to Friends of the Earth Italy,...

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Roma - Nel 2008 i produttori auto hanno ridotto le emissioni di CO2 dei modelli complessivamente venduti sul mercato europeo del 3,3%, portando la media di settore a 153,5 gCO2/km: un miglioramento...

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Europa inicia procedimiento de infracción por la información de emisiones de los coches

Europe warns Spain for information on car emissions. The European Commission in the meeting on Jan. 28 agreed to notify the Spanish State a reasoned opinion for the breach of the directive on information relating to fuel consumption and CO_2 emissions from cars...

Madrid - La Comisión Europea, en su reunión del 28 de enero pasado, acordó notificar al Estado español un dictamen motivado por el incumplimiento de la Directiva que regula la información relativa al consumo de combustible y a las emisiones de CO2 de los automóviles...

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How accessible is CO2 information on car manufacturers’ websites?

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London - Consumers searching on car manufacturer websites will struggle to find out how much CO2 their prospective new car will produce and how much it will cost them to run, says a report published today by the Energy Saving Trust, Friends of the Earth Europe and We Are Futureproof.
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CO2 auto e pubblicità - Risposta del Governo all'interrogazione parlamentare

The Italian governement reports to the Parliament on car advertising and CO2 emissions labelling - According to Friends of the Earth Italy, the answer is an attempt to hide the responsabilities...

Roma - La Commissione Ambiente della Camera dei Deputati risponde all'interrogazione parlamentare presentata lo scorso luglio dall'Onorevole Zamparutti, a seguito dell'azione congiunta di diverse associazioni ambientaliste che denunciavano come la pubblicità delle auto non fosse conforme all'obbligo europeo di informare adeguatamente  su consumi ed emissioni di CO2.

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