Green parking

In London, parking permit prices are starting to be tied to emissions:

A third of the British capital's 32 boroughs are now looking into similar schemes following a controversial decision by Richmond Council in south-west London last month that attracted both outrage and applause.

...Affluent Richmond started the trend in January by adopting a seven-tiered payment structure for parking permits which will be brought in before May.

The scheme will offer free parking for electric cars but would see a 200 percent increase on current rates for the most polluting vehicles such as gas-guzzling four-wheel drives.

And if you're driving an electric car in the borough of Camden, it gets even better...

Camden is also encouraging owners of electric vehicles to charge their batteries with power generated from renewable energy sources by setting up free charging points around the borough.

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