GreenSafe Car Profiler a positive step for clean air

Thursday, 24 July 2003 10:00

The launch of the GreenSafe Car Profiler by NRMA Insurance and the NSW Environment Minister, Bob Debus is a positive step toward promoting cleaner vehicles and reducing air pollution the Total Environment Centre (TEC), said today.

TEC Director Mr Jeff Angel said, "Promoting a switch to cleaner, more fuel efficient vehicles is an important step toward combating air pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Providing consumers with information on environmental performance will enable them to make more environmentally responsible purchasing decisions. The one-stop shop car profile, from NRMA Insurance is a powerful message".

"With emissions from vehicles a major and growing source of air pollution and greenhouse gases, encouraging the uptake of cleaner vehicle technology has an important role to play in cleaning the air, alongside better public transport and cleaner fuels. It helps create an ethic of the sustainable consumer", Mr Angel said

TEC also called on State and Federal Governments to build on the initiative by providing financial incentives for people to switch to cleaner vehicles, such as reduced registration costs and stamp duty relief.