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• Greenhouse emissions
• Transport emissions

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• Vehicles

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• 1 UK new car registrations by CO2 performance: 2004 annual report, available on (click here for link)

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• Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
• JAMA
• Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
• Toyota Motor Corporation

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Slow progress on CO₂ from cars adds to doubts on climate strategy

Carbon dioxide emissions from newly registered cars in the UK continued to fall during 2003 - but at the slowest rate for five years. The Government now admits that improved car efficiency will save much less CO₂ than it originally expected.

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