According to government figures, today’s heavy goods vehicles (HGV) - the trucks used for the transportation of goods - emit almost the same amount of CO2 as they did 25 years ago. The Alpine Initiative is therefore calling for tighter CO2 legislation for heavy goods traffic. too. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)
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