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Government must do more to cut its own emissions
5 August 2009
Commenting on a new report by the Environmental Audit Committee due to be published tomorrow (5 August 2009), which shows the Government is not on track to meet targets for cutting its own emissions, Friends of the Earth's energy campaigner Robin Webster said:
"The Government has made some progress at cutting its own emissions, but there is much more it can and must do.
"Switching to renewable sources of energy and cutting energy waste is crucial to cutting UK carbon emissions - but businesses and families are looking to the Government to take the lead and show what can be done.
"We need to see transformational change right across central and local government.
"Ministers should help make it cheaper and easier for us all to go green by kick-starting markets for low-carbon goods and services and driving forward green innovation. This will create new business opportunities and new jobs in the UK."
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Last modified: Aug 2009
