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New Prime Minister vows 'greenest government ever'
14/05/2010
David Cameron has pledged to make the coalition the "greenest government ever" and announced that all ministerial departments must cut their carbon emissions by 10% over a 12-month period.
He explained: "That has to be done, you're going to drive it, you are going to lead it.” Individual departments' energy use will be published in real time, and this transparency is hoped to drive forward the cuts in carbon emissions. It has been described as a new way of doing climate change and a new way of doing politics.
Visiting the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), now fronted by Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne, Mr Cameron promised to place the green economy, climate change and energy security at the heart of his "agenda" for the ministry.
He said: "We've got a big, big opportunity here, I want us to be the greenest government ever. It's a very simple ambition and one I'm absolutely committed to achieving. "The three things I would pick out are first of all the green economy; we've got a real opportunity to drive the green economy, green jobs, green growth and make sure we have our share of the industries of the future. Clearly there's the climate change agenda where we have got to get back on track both nationally and internationally, and third there is the issue of energy security which I think is vitally important and I think we need to do a huge amount of work on."
This announcement follows a historic win for the Green party in last week’s general election, in which Green party leader and MEP, Caroline Lucas, saw off Labour by 1,300 votes, to take the Brighton Pavilion constituency.
As well as environmental priorities, the Green party makes promises such as cutting road speed limits, decriminalising cannabis and greatly increasing duties on alcohol, tobacco and air travel.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100514/tuk-pm-vows-greenest-government-ever-6323e80.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/07/greens-historic-win-brighton
David Cameron has pledged to make the coalition the "greenest government ever" and announced that all ministerial departments must cut their carbon emissions by 10% over a 12-month period.
He explained: "That has to be done, you're going to drive it, you are going to lead it.” Individual departments' energy use will be published in real time, and this transparency is hoped to drive forward the cuts in carbon emissions. It has been described as a new way of doing climate change and a new way of doing politics.
Visiting the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), now fronted by Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne, Mr Cameron promised to place the green economy, climate change and energy security at the heart of his "agenda" for the ministry.
He said: "We've got a big, big opportunity here, I want us to be the greenest government ever. It's a very simple ambition and one I'm absolutely committed to achieving. "The three things I would pick out are first of all the green economy; we've got a real opportunity to drive the green economy, green jobs, green growth and make sure we have our share of the industries of the future. Clearly there's the climate change agenda where we have got to get back on track both nationally and internationally, and third there is the issue of energy security which I think is vitally important and I think we need to do a huge amount of work on."
This announcement follows a historic win for the Green party in last week’s general election, in which Green party leader and MEP, Caroline Lucas, saw off Labour by 1,300 votes, to take the Brighton Pavilion constituency.
As well as environmental priorities, the Green party makes promises such as cutting road speed limits, decriminalising cannabis and greatly increasing duties on alcohol, tobacco and air travel.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100514/tuk-pm-vows-greenest-government-ever-6323e80.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/07/greens-historic-win-brighton
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