NEW YORK, Feb.

Text of report by independent German Spiegel Online website on 1 October [Interview with German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel by Dietmar Hawranek and Christian Schwaegerl; place and date not given: "They Shouldn't Act As if their Primary Concern Were Climate Protection"] Last week the Environment Committee of the European Parliament agreed to support a sharp measure: Beginning in 2012, and not in 2015, as originally envisioned, average CO2 emissions from new cars will be capped at 120 grams per kilometre.

By Lucas, Caroline Including aviation emissions in the European Union's much-feted Emissions Trading Scheme could be a step in the right direction, but the terms are just not tough enough.

By Benedict Brogan THE row over Poland's suffering at the hands of Germany in the Second World War continued to echo around the EU summit last night.

By Andrew Grice The Prime Minister demanded a special opt-out for Britain from a proposed European Charter of Fundamental Rights as EU leaders began a tense and potentially divisive summit in Brussels.