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Greenpeace response to energy white paper announcement

Last edited 23 February 2007 at 9:17am
22 February, 2007

Responding to today's announcement that the energy white paper will be delayed after the High Court ruled last week that the government's decision to back a new fleet of nuclear power stations was unlawful, Greenpeace nuclear campaigner Emma Gibson said:

"The government should go back to their findings in the 2003 energy white paper, that rejected nuclear power and backed energy efficiency and renewables. If the government had followed its 2003 words with effective actions, we'd have made much more progress in tackling climate change today.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy white paper, nuclear power, press releases

Energy white paper sounds a death knell for the nuclear industry

Posted by bex — 24 March 2003 at 9:00am - Comments
By Stephen Tindale

Back in the summer of 2001 there was much talk of a nuclear renaissance. Brian Wilson, a passionate advocate of nuclear power, was appointed Energy Minister and Tony Blair made several supportive statements.

Article tagged as: brian wilson, energy white paper, nuclear power, stephen tindale

New nuclear power stations on Government agenda?

Posted by bex — 17 September 2001 at 8:00am - Comments
The UK press has been full of speculation for over a year that the Government is ready to launch a new nuclear power programme. Over the first few months of 2005 many articles speculated that as soon as the General Election was out of the way in May, the Government would support the construction of new nuclear power stations.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, energy white paper, nuclear power, renewable energy

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