No that is not some long-haired environmentalist speaking, but the ex-chairman of Shell, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart.
He is arguing that the EU should ban the sale of cars that do under 35 miles to the gallon (good thing his is not saying that in America - the roads would be empty!!)

Now its getting silly. The American motor industry’s rush to greenwash its products has now even affected the Hummer, with GM announcing yesterday an ethanol-powered version of the military-style vehicle.
General Motors kicked off the Detroit motor show by revealing biofuel-propelled prototypes of a Hummer, even though the car does just 16 litres per 100km (15 […]

Auto makers finally face higher fuel efficiency standards in the US.
Sort of.
After years of holding out against anything to do with climate change, President George Bush finally signed into law an energy bill establishing higher fuel-economy standards for new cars and other conservation measures. And then 8 hours later he completely sabotaged states like […]

The European car industry has pledged to fight the already watered-down plans to reduce CO2 from new cars. Leading the fight will be the Germans and their powerful car industry, which is dominated by gas-guzzling cars like BMW, Porsches and Mercedes-Benz.
Even the country’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has opposed the plans saying they were “not economically […]

It’s a political row that has been going on for months. Tomorrow the European Commission is due to publish its long-awaited plans to reduce carbon emissions from passenger cars to 120 grams per kilometre within five years.
But a bitter fallout between France and Germany has plunged the key negotiations into crisis. French manufacturers such as […]