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The EU's new climate change commissioner is promising to clamp down on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from vans and lorries.
Last month's hearings in the European Parliament, Connie Hedegaard outlined her brief as the new climate change commissioner.
Hedegaard was adamant that targeting transport will be a central part of her job and on the subject of cutting emissions from lorries, she said there was still much work to do."We have still not done what the EU should do on lorries," she said.
Information from the Commission suggests she is keen to tackle emissions of greenhouse gases from the heaviest vehicles. She is also reported to believe that failure to reduce CO2 emissions from vans and lorries will be bad for business in the long term.
What form Hedegaard's intentions will take remains to be seen. She says she will table an 'integrated legislative package on climate and transport' during her five-year mandate, but admits she may have 'a bit of a fight' with some other commissioners who see dealing with climate change as an obstacle to their own ambitions.
Environment director Jos Dings said, 'It is encouraging to hear that Connie Hedegaard is keen to address transport's excessive contribution to EU greenhouse gases, and coming straight from chairing December's climate change summit in Copenhagen, she clearly has a strong grasp of what needs to be done.'
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