Brussels to Delay Diesel Limits Amid Pushback on Green Agenda
- Restriction in Low Emission Zone won’t start for 2 years
- Delay backers argue residents need time to change vehicles
The extension comes as measures to combat climate change on a wider European level are failing to get off the ground.
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Brussels delayed a plan to ban a wide swath of diesel cars from the capital of the European Union amid a wider backlash against climate measures.
The city Friday backed a law to push enforcement of rules restricting Euro 5 diesel vehicles from its Low Emission Zone, which encompasses 161 square kilometers (62 square miles), by two years.