BRUSSELS (AP) � A top European Union legal adviser says software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their exhaust pipes in hot or cold weather and at high altitude contravenes EU laws unless it prevents potentially dangerous sudden engine damage. Austrian courts asked the European Court of Justice

WASHINGTON (AP) � The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners. The new rule on hydrofluorocarbons is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of those gases by 85% over the next 15 years as part of a global phaseout

GENEVA (AP) � The head of the United Nations is calling for “immediate, rapid and large-scale� cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming. Antonio Guterres warned governments ahead of next week’s annual U.N. General Assembly that climate change is proceeding faster than predicted and fossil fuel emissions have already bounced back from a