The call came as Berlin makes action against climate change a priority of its current presidencies of the EU and Group of Eight. The environment minister showed little enthusiasm for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas' suggestion and a group representing the country's auto industry said it needed "no coaching on efficient climate protection from Brussels."
Many stretches of German autobahn have no speed limits — traditionally a cherished freedom in a rule-bound country. However, the current surge in concern over carbon dioxide emissions is putting that tradition under renewed scrutiny.
"There are so many areas in which we waste energy in a completely senseless way and burden the climate," Dimas was quoted as saying in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.
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Posted on 12th March 2007
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