EU agrees first ever rules to tackle truck emissions

Madeleine Cuff
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Bloc boosts clean transport agenda with plan to cut emissions from new trucks 30 per cent by 2030

The European Union last night passed rules to reduce carbon emissions from trucks for the first time, in a move that will require freight firms to step up investment in new low-carbon technologies...

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