**EU Reaches Deal To Ban Sale of New Combustion-Engine Cars By 2035**
The European Parliament and EU member countries have reached a deal to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2035. From a report: European Union negotiators sealed on Thursday night the first agreement of the bloc's "Fit for 55" package set up by the Commission to achieve the EU's climate goals of cutting emissions of the gases ... ⌘ Read more
@slashdot (#pm6usia) Too bad the article doesn't remind us that the original target date (when we still didn't know how bad things really are) was 2030... But sure, let's pretend the EU is doing something brave, just a couple of days after being warned they're far from planning to do enough (#mlqubkq)...
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@prologic (#pm6usia) yes, both point to the same "no credible pathway **in place**", which is to say that... finally approving a watered-down measure is not something we should applaud, as, in order to still manage 1.5C, we need more, stronger measures.
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