In a press released date 25th March Friends of the Earth comment on the UK Government’s provisional estimates for 2009 greenhouse gas emissions showing a substantial fall in greenhouse emissions.
“These figures suggest that UK emissions have fallen more in one year than in all the other years of the Labour Government put together – but it’s taken a major recession to make this happen” comments FoE Executive Director Andy Atkins.
“However, we can’t afford to let emissions soar as the economy grows.
“The UK must strengthen its targets now for tackling climate change by pledging to cut its emissions by at least 42 per cent by 2020, based on 1990 levels, and to achieve it without offsetting.
“The next Government must make the development of a low-carbon economy a major priority by developing the UK’s vast renewable energy potential and investing in measures to slash energy waste – creating thousands of new jobs and increasing our energy security.”
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
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