NSW to name-and-shame emitters
The state of New South Wales in Australia is planning new energy-efficiency laws which will force emitters to reduce their carbon emissions, according to the Sydney Morning Herald:
“The state’s top 232 greenhouse polluters, ranging from Bluescope Steel to the Sydney Opera House, will be forced to cut their emissions from this year under new energy-efficiency laws.
The State Government will pursue a naming and shaming policy for big energy users it deems to be wasting power, backed up by court action if they do not make the required cuts.
But the targets so far are modest. The first round, beginning in January, aim to peel back less than 1 per cent of the state’s emissions of at least 160 million tonnes of greenhouse gas each year. The first round of efficiency measures will save companies about $40 million on their power bills, the Government says.”