The European Commission said Monday it was supportive of German plans to spend more than $80 million on infrastructure for greener public transportation. The commission found German plans for an $86 million support scheme for electric buses and related charging infrastructure is in line with environmental goals and won’t distort the market. “This scheme is another positive example of how to fight global warming,” Margrethe Vestager, the commissioner in charge of competition policy, said in a statement . “In line with the EU environmental goals, it will give public transport operators an incentive to invest in low or zero emissions vehicles with the clear objective of reducing CO2 emissions and improving air quality,” Carbon dioxide is a potent greenhouse gas. Germany has one of […]