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Trains, planes and Tory party policy

Posted by bex — 29 September 2008 at 11:52am - Comments

Yes!

Greenpeace saying Yes to the new high speed rail link to Europe last November © Rose/Greenpeace

We've been hearing likely sounding noises for a while now but today, the Conservatives have formally announced that they'd say no to a third runway at Heathrow, and yes to a high speed rail link between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds instead.

And so I find myself a bit befuddled to be wholeheartedly agreeing with a Tory party spokesperson, Theresa Villiers. She said:

Article tagged as: aviation, climate change, conservatives, heathrow, heathrow expansion

Here come the Tories to launch their green energy policy

Posted by jamie — 6 December 2007 at 7:42pm - Comments

David Cameron launches his new policy on green renewable energy

David Cameron speaking at today's launch of the Conservative's green energy policy © Greenpeace/Daniel Beltra

We're used to having some unusual people descending on our offices, but today's visit by David Cameron and several other members of the shadow cabinet is the most leftfield (or should that be rightfield?) visitation for some time. But they were here to launch a new policy that uses many of our own demands for renewable energy, a vital component in the struggle to limit the impacts of climate change.

Article tagged as: climate change, conservatives, energy, renewable energy
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