TOKYO — The Diet enacted a revised law Friday aimed at reducing motor vehicle emissions by tightening regulations on the construction of department stores, offices and other facilities in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. The revised law on vehicle-emitted nitrogen oxides and particle matters is designed to regulate those facilities, which may generate heavy vehicle traffic.
The revised law empowers prefectural governors to formulate and implement antipollution measures such as building flyover roadways at intersections or other designated areas polluted heavily with nitrogen oxides and particles from vehicle emissions that cause asthma. It requires reporting to governors projections of gas emissions and plans for reducing emissions before building facilities such as hotels and theaters that may draw vehicles.
In addition, trucking and transport companies in areas surrounding the designated ones are required to work out measures to cut vehicle emissions such as reducing the number of their entries into such areas.
Good for them. It is time we all worked to be more Green. Until everyone starts taking care of their own back yard we’re all going to have to pay for all the emmissions and pollutants being let loose in the atmosphere.
It is good to know that international countries are as consciousness as the US when it comes to cutting the emissions that are being released into the atmosphere. If we could get all the countries to be as aware it would certainly help.
A good thing indeed
It is always nice to hear some news like this one. I think that most of the companies are using low efficiency vehicles because they don’t want to spend money on new machines. Keep earth green that must be the moto of every responsible mover.
Great. Next big thing would be for USA to sign the Kyoto treaty.
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