6 million new dirty diesel cars on Europe's roads since 2015!

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There are 35 million dirty diesel cars and vans driving on Europe’s roads today – six million more than when the Dieselgate scandal broke in 2015. The growth in the number of poisonous vehicles in the fleet – revealed by new T&E research – will be a stark reminder to MEPs as they enter negotiations with governments this September to reform the flawed system of testing and approving cars for sale in Europe.

https://www.transportenvironment.org/news/35m-dirty-diesel-cars-focus-minds-meps-dieselgate-stand-governments

Debunking "Clean"-Diesel-Propaganda

With lengthly papers and propaganda websites the well financed Diesel-Lobby tries to downplay the health issues and the fact that diesel fumes are the main source of climate change promoter black carbon.

The paper "Climate Change, Black Carbon & Clean Diesel" denies the fact that "Clean Diesel" - which it is not – is a major source of black carbon. Was it written with the help of Burson-Marsteller?

Obviously the Diesel-Lobby tries to ignore and deny the fact, that climate scientists see Black Carbon as an important climate factor
Black Carbon: An Overlooked Climate Factor
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1938379,00.html

Both following Diesel-Fuel-Propaganda-websites promote Diesel and deny the massive health problems caused by even new Diesel-Engines:
http://www.dieselnet.com
http://www.dieselforum.org/
http://www.tdisport.com

Is Burson-Marsteller running the "Clean" Diesel Fuel-Campaign? It's verly likely...
Anti-fossil fuel tax campaign

In 1993 Burson-Marsteller led a $1.8m campaign to defeat a proposed tax on fossil fuels. President Clinton’s BTU (British Thermal Unit) Tax was the U.S.'s most ambitious measure to combat climate change. The BTU Tax was to be levied on fossil fuels, specifically on the heat generating capacity of fossil fuels. (A BTU is a measure of how much heat a given mass of fuel releases.) A $.25 per gallon gasoline tax and other levies were at the center of Clinton’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2000. The National Association of Manufacturers (a sponsor of the Global Climate Coalition), the American Petroleum Institute, more than 1,600 large and small companies, as well as farmers organized to create the American Energy Alliance (AEA), specifically to derail the BTU tax.

The AEA hired B-M to orchestrate the campaign. Deploying some 45 staff in 23 states, B-M organised a "grassroots" letter writing and phone-in campaign. It placed anti-BTU articles and editorials in the press, commissioned sceptical economists to write reports, and obtained media access for businesspeople to express their views. It also lobbied against the tax in Washington, D.C. Congressional support for the BTU tax quickly withered and Clinton’s plan was defeated. Congress voted for the tax to be kept below $.05 per gallon. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen described the BTU campaign as “one of the most sophisticated jobs I've seen by lobbyists in a long time.”

http://www.crocodyl.org/wiki/bursonmarsteller

Diesel Ban in the Headlines

2010
Let’s Ban Diesel Vehicles In And Around The Himalayan Region
Indian Minister of Environment & Forest Mr. Jairam Ramesh has understandably opposed the developed countries’ attempt to include the “black carbon” issue in the main framework of the climate negotiations.
http://rajabasu.blogspot.com/2010/12/lets-ban-diesel-vehicles-in-and-around.html

2009
Ban on Petrol and Diesel Cars?
Norway’s Finance Minster, Kristin Halvorsen, has proposed to ban petrol cars by 2015 in order to lower CO2 emissions and encourage car manufacturers to begin making more environmentally friendly models.
http://www.green-blog.org/2009/05/23/ban-on-petrol-and-diesel-cars/

Norway’s Finance Minster, Kristin Halvorsen has proposed the move which if implemented, will see a ban on all petrol and diesel car sales in Norway from 2015, allowing only electric, biofuel, hydrogen or hybrid cars to be sold on the forecourts.
http://www.cbg.ie/newcars/articles.aspx?articleid=770

2008
Centre rejects Delhi government's proposal to ban diesel cars
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/4320

2007
Delhi HC may ban diesel cars
Diesel cars have got into the cross hairs of the Delhi high court. It feels that they defeat the intent of the 2001 Supreme Court order to shift public transport to use compressed natural gas. The car industry is upset.

Jagdish Khattar, MD, Maruti Udyog said, “We have to see why diesel is so popular. It’s because of the price difference. We need to correct that.”

The biggest player in diesel car market, Tata Motors is in the midst of a Rs 12,000 crore capacity expansion and product development plan. 70% of Hyundai Verna's sales are diesel and about 70% of Ford Fiesta's. Ford has recently launched a diesel variant of Fusion and General Motors has also launched a diesel version of Optra.

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/delhi-hc-may-ban-diesel-cars_299912.html