Responding to government plans to lend billions of pounds to PFI projects, Dr Doug Parr of Greenpeace said:
"Brown has forked out hundreds of billions of pounds to bail out the banks. Now he's found billions more to widen the M25.
"But the 21st Century industries and technologies, that will actually create sustainable new UK jobs, have so far been ignored.
"As the prime minister meets President Obama, he should finally show the courage to build an economy based on cutting-edge clean technologies. It is investment in these industries that will deliver a real, long-term future for UK jobs and businesses."
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