Press release
Dash for gas protest at Nottinghamshire power station
29 October 2012
Commenting on a protest today (Monday 29 October 2012) at West Burton gas power station in Nottinghamshire by environmental activists from 'No Dash for Gas', Friends of the Earth's Head of Campaigns Andrew Pendleton said:
"This morning's protest sends a powerful message that a new dash for gas is wrong - gas is the main reason our fuel bills have been rocketing, and staying hooked on it will cost us a fortune.
"The Government talks the talk on a greener economy, but its plans for 20GW of new gas plants far exceeds what's needed as we switch to renewable energy, and could easily bust our targets for tackling climate change.
"Rather than tying us into decades of dirty and increasingly costly gas, the Coalition should be making clean British energy and energy saving the powerhouse of our economy - creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs."
ENDS
Notes to editors:
1. Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to listen to the advice of The Committee on Climate Change and include a target in the forthcoming Energy Bill to green our electricity by 2030.
2. Friends of the Earth's Clean British Energy campaign, backed by Deborah Meaden, is urging the Government to listen to the public and transform our broken energy system by developing clean and affordable power from our wind, sun and water. For too long the Big Six energy companies have locked Britain into importing costly gas and coal - causing our fuel bills to rocket. Now 85 per cent of people want the Government to back UK renewable power instead. This, and cutting energy waste, will stabilise fuel bills and create new jobs.
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Published by Friends of the Earth Trust
Last modified: Oct 2012
