Charity Davenport
12/4/09
11:42am
Council leaders are warning Britain that they will face up to £300m of fines from the EU in as little as 18 months. It is said that up to 36,000 more people will die early unless more strides and greater powers are given to councils to help them tackle the problem of pollution. At a conference, the council leaders are requesting that new measures be taken out to help cut emissions, improve the quality of air, and reduce the premature deaths from pollution. This call includes greater powers to influence polluters in their areas, like the bus operators and the Highways Agency. They are working on increasing resources and support for public transport improvements. The Councils know that there is a problem, and if they are given the right powers and funding, they will be able to ensure that pollution emissions are cut and that local people will not have to pay a lot of money for the new measures.
I'm really glad to see that the EU is working very hard to cut back on pollution in these areas. I think it’s a good idea that they are stressing the importance of public transportation. If more people took public transportation instead of driving their own vehicles, the rates of pollution in areas would drop drastically. It’s good to see that they are taking big strides to fight this problem, rather than putting it on the back burner to worry about later—which is what a lot of areas do.
http://www.publictechnology.net/article_avantgo.php?sid=22038
2 comments:
I agree, it is nice to see that something is being done to help fight pollution.
Major corporations are going to "negotiate" their way to the end of our civilization.
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