AFP - The European Commission is to present plans to limit CO2 emissions from new cars after weeks of delays due to divisions over how much the car industry should sacrifice for cleaner air.

Reuters - The European Commission laid out a broad new strategy to cut carbon dioxide emissions from cars on Wednesday, proposing binding limits which automakers say will threaten jobs and lead to big price increases for consumers.

AP - Thieves have long targeted car stereos, air bags, high-intensity headlights, even pocket change from the ashtrays. But now they are slithering under vehicles and cutting away the catalytic converters.

AFP - Aircraft carbon dioxide emissions in the UK continued to increase between 2004 and 2005, official figures have shown, prompting claims that the government is not doing enough on green issues.

AFP - Air pollution in Hong Kong hit dangerous levels as a row broke out over a carbon emissions trading plan with China that is aimed at improving the region's chronically poor air quality.

AP - Utah's world-class mountain peaks have been barely visible at times from the floor of the Salt Lake valley. A winter storm that won't quit? No, it's nasty pollution that just won't blow away.

AP - Residents of a London suburb will soon pay annual parking fees based on how much carbon dioxide their cars emit, penalizing owners of gas guzzlers. Officials in Richmond, west of the capital, agreed Monday to levy a sliding scale of charges based on emissions, meaning the biggest polluters will pay $590 a year for a permit to park on the street.

AFP - The European Commission rejected criticism from the German automobile industry over its plans to enforce strong reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from cars.

Reuters - Heavy trucks belch black smoke and lines of buses battle through a virtually gridlocked sea of cars inching beneath a haze of exhaust fumes.