Push 'em back, push 'em back, waaaaayyy back

EU nations agree to push back CO2 auto limits to 2015

BRUSSELS: EU member states are ready to grant automakers a three-year delay until 2015 to reduce the CO2 emissions of their new vehicles, in light of the global economic crisis, negotiators said on Saturday.

During a meeting Friday of representatives of the 27 nations, "a consensus was reached" on pushing back the original 2012 deadline to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, one of the negotiators said.

If these people sincerely believed in the CO2 hype, would they have done this?