Reuters: Curbs on carbon dioxide emissions from new cars sold in the European Union could be phased in slowly through 2015 after two political groups in a key EU parliamentary committee agreed a compromise. The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, had proposed capping carbon dioxide emissions from new cars to an average of 130 grams per kilometer by 2012, compared with a current EU average of 158g. Other improvements such as better tires, gears and air conditioning are hoped to …