





EC president Barroso: Each European will pay 3 euro per week to fight global warming
The plan adopted yesterday includes:
- A major revision of the transaction system for polluting emissions, in order to encourage the decrease of emissions;
- Specific levels for each member state, including fields that are not established on a European level (i.e.: transport, habitat, agriculture and waste);
- A new approach for promoting the green energy, with levels established for each state;
- New rules to encourage the caption and stocking of carbon dioxide;
- A new scheme for state funding in the green sector;
- Biological fuel promoted up to a level of 10% of the energy consumption.