Wednesday, March 26, 2014

German city wants ‘green police’ to raid homes to enforce electric heater ban

Germany politicians are taking the notion of going green to a whole new level, calling for the creation of “green police” with the power to raid homes and businesses in order to enforce environmental regulations.

The German port city of Bremen is setting out a goal to cut carbon dioxide emissions 40 percent by 2020. To meet this goal, the city is toying with the idea of creating a green police force that would enter private homes and property to enforce a ban on electric heaters.

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation For Liberty reports that, “[w]hat sounds like one of the usual injection of fuel into the green bonfire of bans in fact takes on a whole new quality. The proposed law by Environment Senator Joachim Lohse foresees a system of monitoring that allows for detection of violations and punishment.”

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