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Gas-Guzzlers Will Cost Londoners $50 a Day

Posted Apr 3, 08 11:39 AM CDT in Science & Health,  World 

(Newser) – In a move to make drivers of gas-guzzlers “pay for the environmental damage they cause,” London’s mayor is imposing a CO2 charge: beginning in October, every private vehicle driven in the central city that doesn’t meet tough emissions standards will cost its owners $50 a day, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new charge comes on top of the existing $16 congestion charge.

Under the new plan, congestion pricing, which has cut the number of cars in the area by 70,000 and pushed mass transit ridership up 36%, would be suspended for the most fuel efficient cars. Not surprisingly, the aggressive campaign against guzzlers, which Mayor Ken Livingstone likes to call "Chelsea tractors,"  has sparked a backlash, with some Londoners vowing to unseat him in May’s election. And Porsche has moved to sue, citing the charge an "illegal abuse of power," Reuters reports.

Sources Los Angeles Times, Reuters

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Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, right, listens to the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone as they travel on a hybrid double-decker bus on their way to City Hall, London, Monday, Oct. 1, 2007.   (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)
Britain's Mayor of London Ken Livingstone launches his bid for re-election in London, Tuesday, March 18, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
London is imposing a $50-a-day tax on gas-guzzling vehicles.   (Shutterstock.com)
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