VW Scandal: Petrol Cars Also Affected

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The fuel consumption of 800,000 vehicles may have been understated. John German from the International Council on Clean Transport assesses the likely impact of the latest revelations. Also in the programme, British energy firm Soco International has abandoned controversial plans to drill for oil in Africa's oldest national park. Peter Jones from the campaign group Global Witness and Christopher Willey at advisory group Control Risks offer us their thoughts. Our economic commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute assesses the news that China has been understating its coal consumption by hundreds of millions of tonnes a year. And with just 51 days to go until Christmas, we have a special report on what are likely to be this year's big toy hits. (Picture: Volkswagen cars on a production line. Picture credit: Getty Images.)