alternative fuels
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Traffic jam
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Greenpeace today condemned Chancellor Gordon Brown for cutting taxes on fuels that cause climate change. The campaign group described the duty cuts on climate-wrecking oil-based fuels as undermining the Prime Minister's newly unveiled green ambitions. The Budget failed to establish a comprehensive programme for real green fuels, and failed to meet the demands of health and environment and responsible motoring groups.
Matthew Spencer, Greenpeace Climate Campaigner, said:
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Glasgow garage: bio-diesel
Greenpeace has taken over an Esso garage and is dispensing free green fuel to drivers. The Green Guerrilla Garage is at 341, Great Western Rd.
Greenpeace volunteers have today stepped up their campaign for real green fuels and locked the diesel pumps at one of Esso's city centre forecourts. In its place, volunteers are offering drivers free bio-diesel - a plant-based fuel that is identical to ordinary diesel but causes only half the damage to the climate. Bio-diesel is widely used in the US, Germany and France, and is guaranteed safe for British motorists, but is not commercially available in the UK [1].
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Bio-diesel: green fuel we can use today
Greenpeace will be giving away thousands of litres of green fuel to motorists in central Edinburgh on Monday 5th March and in central Glasgow on Tuesday 6th March [1]. The Greenpeace Green Garages will be dispensing bio-diesel - a plant-based fuel that is identical to ordinary diesel but causes only half the damage to the climate. Bio-diesel is widely used in the US, Germany and France, and is guaranteed safe for British motorists, but is not commercially available in the UK, despite the fact that Britain exports vegetable oil to France for bio-diesel production [2].
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Edinburgh garage: leaflets
Picture opportunity:
The Greenpeace Green Garage is a disused garage which has been made over by Greenpeace volunteers to look just like a real petrol station, complete with pumps, attendants and a price sign. Greenpeace will be dispensing free green fuel to motorists from 9.30 - 4.30.
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The UK Government's climate change programme, published today, does little to break our economy's dependence on fossil fuels or to build a strong UK renewable energy industry, according to Greenpeace.
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Fuel protest rally
Greenpeace campaigner Rob Gueterbock addressed the truckers rally in Hyde Park today and told the protestors that they were wrong to argue for lower taxes on dirty petrol and diesel but right to support new green alternative fuels.
Last edited 14 November 2000 at 9:00am
Greenpeace challenges fuel blockaders and argues the case for maintaining current levels of fuel tax
Greenpeace campaigners at the fuel tax protest in Hyde Park today will try to persuade protestors that they are wrong to argue for lower taxes on dirty petrol and diesel but right to support new green alternative fuels.
Posted by bex — 13 November 2000 at 9:00am
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Greenpeace challenges fuel blockaders and argues the case for maintaining current levels of fuel tax
Sunday
Before the convoy departed at around noon some of the Greenpeace team took their two natural gas powered vehicles to one of only 20 gas refueling points in Britain in near by Walsall.
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