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Greenpeace Response to the Spring Budget 2017

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9 March, 2017

Overall reaction:

John Sauven, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, said:

“Hammond’s first Budget could have put the UK on course to lead the global race for clean technology, healthy air and a strong economy. To really ‘prepare Britain for a brighter future’ the Chancellor should have used this moment to gain an advantage by boldly backing offshore wind power, supporting solar and driving consumers towards cleaner cars.

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The top five green policies that weren't in the budget

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In 2009, George Osborne told us that if he became Chancellor "the treasury will become a green ally, not a foe." There appears to have been some confusion about what is expected of a 'green ally', so, to clarify things, here's what he should have done.

Osborne's Autumn Statement

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Greenpeace response

3 December, 2014

In response to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist at Greenpeace UK, said -

“In what looks like the warmest year on record, George Osborne has strikingly failed to shield the UK economy from climate change and grasp the opportunities of a modern clean-tech economy.

Budget 2014 – Greenpeace response

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19 March, 2014

Wednesday 19th March, London - Responding to today’s budget, the 5th from this Government, Greenpeace is highlighting three areas where the budget has failed to deliver for the environment and protect the quality of people’s lives. These include a new tax boost for coal that will inevitably increase the amount of coal used, driving up carbon emissions and speeding up global warming.

 

Commenting on the lack of vision from George Osborne Executive Director of Greenpeace John Sauven said:

“ The most notable thing about this budget was its lack of ambition in connecting the economy with the environment, one of the key drivers of growth globally. Four years ago we were told it will be the ‘greenest government ever’. Today,  the absence of any green growth strategy or measures to deal with the risks of climate change is a damning indictment of a government that has clearly lost its way.”

 

Not-quite-instant karma's gonna get you

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George Osborne slightly overwhelmed
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Osborne feeling slightly overwhelmed

This week, the Office of National Statistics will tell us if Britain has slipped into a triple dip recession, and if the news is grim we may be treated to the sight of George Osborne – the most stridently anti-environment chancellor for a generation – blaming it all on climate change.

Denmark to go 100% renewables by 2050

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Middelgrunden offshore windfarm in Denmark
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Middelgrunden offshore windfarm in Denmark

Hot on the heels of Germany’s ambitious renewable energy plans, the Danish government went even further and announced last week that they plan to get half of their country’s total electricity requirement from renewable sources by 2020 and 100% of total energy, including electricity, heating, industry and transport, by 2050.

Bonkers bonus for EDF

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11 May, 2011

UK energy customers, who pay billions each year for domestic fuel, are unknowingly about to stump up an extra £50 million a year bonus for French energy giant EDF.

In a written reply to a MP Martin Howard, Justine Greening from the government Treasury team let out the coalition’s dirty little secret:

Why are the oil companies complaining?

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Cairn's tugs drag icebergs out the way of its Arctic oil drilling rig

Ever since last month’s Budget, oil companies have been complaining about George Osborne’s tax on North Sea oil and gas. Yet many have just announced record profits - boosted considerably by current sky-high oil prices. What do they take us for?