'Historic decision': MEPs vote to end sale of petrol and diesel cars, but challenges remain for EU climate plans

James Murray
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A day of high drama in Brussels ended with a huge boost to efforts to phase out petrol and diesel cars and a row over reforms to the EU's emissions trading scheme

The scale of the divisions in Brussels over the future direction of the EU's climate strategy were laid bare yesterday by a fractious series of votes in the European Parliament on key planks of the bloc's...

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