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Government must do more to help people take green action
24 August 2007
A new report by Norwich Union published today [1] says that guilt about environmental issues is forcing more people in the UK to act greenly. The report says that 56% believe unethical living is as much of a social taboo as drink driving, and 90% pretend they live more ethical lives than they really do.
Friends of the Earth campaigner Ed Matthew said;
"This survey shows that people are clearly concerned about the need to take urgent action on climate change. The Government must take note and do much more to help people live greener lives. This means significantly strengthening its proposals for a new climate change law and introducing measures that make it much easier and cheaper for people to cut their emissions."
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