After a row last year with carmakers, which had failed to meet voluntary emissions targets, the European Commission is about to force them to limit the carbon intensity of their fleets.

去年和汽车制造商争吵了一通而没有达成自愿减排目标后，欧洲委员会即将迫使汽车制造商限制他们生产的汽车二氧化碳的排放强度。

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It was the only bomb which had failed to explode.

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Slowly, seat-by-seat, the Lib Dems built up enough support from an electorate looking for an alternative to a Labour administration which had failed to overcome industrial and economic blight but was unable to bring itself to vote Conservative.

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Other companies had to adhere to the same standards which Quinn had failed to meet, he added.

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