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Dec 1 2006
Responding to Sir Rod Eddington's Treasury-backed review of Britain's transport requirements, Friends of the Earth's Senior Transport Campaigner Tony Bosworth said:
"This review sends mixed messages about the role of transport policy in tackling climate change. We welcome Sir Rod's acknowledgment that large-scale road-building is not the answer to our transport problems, and that road-pricing and more investment in alternatives to the car are needed. But aviation is on a collision course with UK climate targets, and airport expansion will send us in totally the wrong direction. The Government's response to this report is critical. Cutting carbon dioxide emissions must be the central theme of future transport policy."
The Government has announced that it will introduce a new law to cut UK carbon dioxide emissions. The campaign for new climate legislation has been led by Friends of the Earth through The Big Ask climate campaign (www.thebigask.com). The Government is consulting about the details of the new law.
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