Greenpeace UK Executive Director Stephen Tindale said:
"Menzies Campbell has set the gold standard for green speeches. He was not only rich on vision but rich on policy details too. He's right that the failure to commit to very basic common sense measures in the face of climate change is the key problem in the UK, so Greenpeace fully supports Campbell's challenge to the other parties. There's too much talk from New Labour and not yet enough substance from the Conservatives."
Greenpeace will show David Cameron around an extensive low carbon development in Nydalen, Oslo tomorrow (Friday 21st April). The development complex, which comprises new offices, a hotel, business school and flats, uses borehole heating to warm the buildings in winter and heat storage to cool the buildings in summer. The initiative is believed to be the largest of its kind in Europe and reduces electric or fossil fuel heating needs by 60-70%, substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Responding to today's news that the government is set to miss its 2010 CO2 reduction target, Greenpeace Senior Climate Campaigner Charlie Kronick said:
"This review is pitiful. CO2 emissions are rising, the target's getting further away and the Government has introduced no new measures to combat this. Failure of government departments to agree a clear plan of action has lead to a review that is nothing more than an abdication of responsibility. At a time when we desperately need bold leadership, yet again Tony Blair fiddles while the world burns."
Posted by bex — 28 March 2006 at 9:00am
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A year late - the government announced the results of their review of climate change initiatives today and told us what we already knew. They are not going to meet their targets. But instead of taking this opportunity to put in place measures that would really make a difference to reduce climate damaging emissions, they've lowered their expectations.
Greenpeace executive director Stephen Tindale said:
"This budget may be the first sign that we're about to get a Prime Minister who acts on climate change instead of just talking about it. Many of these measures will make a difference if properly implemented, though the real test for Brown comes next month when the government has to decide how much carbon British industry is allowed to emit.
Posted by admin — 29 November 2005 at 9:00am
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In July 2000 the UK government introduced a policy requiring all of its departments and agencies to 'actively seek' to buy timber from legal and sustainable sources. Given that central government procurement accounts for approximately 15 per cent of timber used in the UK (and that the broader public sector may account for as much as 40 per cent), this was seen as a positive move to push the wider UK timber market towards environmentally and socially responsible sources.
The nuclear industry is portraying new nuclear power stations as the solution to climate change and security of energy supply. In reality, nuclear power will fail to deliver significant CO2 cuts, be hugely expensive, create a new target for terrorism, is unreliable and a finite source of energy.
Greenpeace today launched the fight back against a new nuclear era in the UK - by preventing Tony Blair's planned pro nuclear speech at the CBI annual conference from going ahead.
Two Greenpeace climbers scuppered the PM's speech by scaling the ceiling above the speakers podium holding banners saying 'nuclear - wrong answer' and then dropping down 'radioactive' confetti.
Climate change is the greatest threat facing the planet. It is caused by the world's dependence on dirty fuels like oil and coal. To drastically reduce climate changing
CO2 emissions, a switch from inefficient, dirty and dangerous energy sources, such as coal and nuclear power, to decentralised, clean energy systems is urgently needed. Tony Blair talks big on climate change, but his actions do not match his words. In fact his actions are now making things worse, not better.
