The Planning White Paper has been attacked by many on the grounds that it would increase, not reduce, overall greenhouse emissions
This is because it will permit fast-tracking of motorway widening, new ports, runways, bypasses and so on.
The overall climate impact of all of this has, unbelievably, not been calculated by the government despite "lip service" to the topic in the white paper.
Nevertheless, at Hay-on-Wye Literature Festival, David Miliband asserted that the central philosophy of the government's climate change programme is that "as long as overall emissions from the UK come down it doesn't matter where the cuts are made” and therefore transport emissions could continue to rise without necessarily contradicting policy.
Such complancy is shocking. How can he know that overall emissions will come down if the impact of the planned transport expansions haven't been calculated?
The plans will make it easier for homeowners to install microgeneration, but grants for these are pitifully few and low. You have to be rich to do it like David Cameron.
The Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) has just received and from yesterday made available an extra £11.9m for housdeholders' solar, wind, groundsource etc.. power. This will last a month and then that's it.
What a way to support the renewables industry and meet the overwhelming public demand.
> Respond to the Planning consultation
The deadline for responses is 17 August.
No comments:
Post a Comment