Green News Blog 23 May 08

Added On: 23/05/2008

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San Francisco to Charge Polluting Firms

New rules have been passed in the San Francisco Bay Area that will require businesses to pay fees for the amount of carbon dioxide they emit.

The rules, due to come into effect on 1 July, could cost big emitters more than $50,000 (£25,000) a year, but most firms will pay less than $1 (50p).

Backers say the move sets an important precedent for the rest of the US. But opponents say it may interfere with plans to introduce much tougher emissions targets across California.

Companies will have to measure and report their own emissions before being charged 4.4 cents (2.2p) per ton of carbon dioxide they release. The biggest payers will be a handful of power plants and oil refineries in the region.

We'll have to see how these charges will fit in with the Terminator's new upcoming regulations for California, more info next month once he announces the proposals!

Source from BBC Website

Lord's £2000 Green Blunder

A minister has spent almost £2000 of tax-payers' money on energy-sapping appliances for his freebie apartment. Lord Malloch-Brown spent £737 on a fridge-freezer, £736 on a washer and £367 on a tumble-drier, but none got the A++ rating score for white goods, and the tumble-drier was only C-rated.

There are cries from the Tories, claiming Labour don't practice what they preach... Frankly this sounds like opportunism from the blues, getting a dig in while they can...

More importantly though, who researched what tumble-drier he bought???

Source from The Sun Newspaper, UK

New Ferrari GT California Unveiled

The new Ferrari GT California has been unveiled and we've got to say, it's a bit of a beauty! With a front-mounted V8 (a Ferrari first) and a retracting hard top (a Ferrari production first), 2+2 seating arrangement and 453bhp from the 4.3 litre engine, everything is looking pretty inspired.

Ferrari claim the car is much greener than previous models, with a CO2 output of 310g/km, compared to 420g/km for the current F430 model. Let's be honest though, it's still double the average eco car like the Toyota Prius or the new VW Polo BlueMotion.

We know which we'd rather drive though...

Source from AutoBlog.com

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