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France offers funding to low CO2 projects

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France is continuing to establish itself as one of the leading green forces in Europe and now the French environment agency ADEME has awarded €57million via its technology demonstrator to 11 low carbon vehicle projects.

The funding marks an initial call for expressions of interest with a second call for research projects on vehicle decarbonisation to end on June 26.

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Posted on June 22, 2009 · in Europe

UPDATE 1-France makes carbon credits VAT exempt-exchange

LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) – The French Budget Ministry has made carbon permits exempt from value-added tax (VAT), emissions exchange BlueNext said on Monday, a move that could cost the government billions of euros in revenues.

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Posted on June 9, 2009 · in Europe

Sarkozy’s carbon footprint as big as 1,000 Frenchmen: report

PARIS (AFP) — He may be a diminutive man, but President Nicolas Sarkozy has a huge carbon footprint, equivalent to that made by 1,000 of his fellow French citizens, an ecological magazine said Thursday.

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Posted on October 23, 2008 · in Europe, Top Stories

French phase-in plans for car CO2 opposed

An attempt by Dutch government officials to throw out a Franco-German deal that would delay stricter CO2 rules for carmakers gathered ‘wide-ranging support’ among EU environment ministers, government sources told EurActiv.
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Posted on October 23, 2008 · in Europe, Top Stories

France: turmoil must not hurt climate change bill

LUXEMBOURG (AP) — France and Germany urged smaller European Union economies not to use the world financial meltdown as an excuse to gut legislation that aims to combat global warming with deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Posted on October 21, 2008 · in Europe, Top Stories