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Government's energy plan is major climbdown - Stunell

2.02.55pm UTC (GMT +0000) Tue 27th Apr 2004

Building an energy efficient house. (photography: Courtesy of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory at the United States of America's Department of Energy)

Commenting ahead of today's statement by the Government on its long-awaited Energy Efficiency Action Plan, Andrew Stunell MP, Liberal Democrat Energy Spokesman, said:

"After so much talk, this Government has produced a whimper of an action plan. It delivers nothing new. The Government is backtracking on its commitment to cut household carbon emissions by 5 million tonnes per year until 2010. Now the target is an embarrassing 4.2 million tonnes per year - a reduction of 16%.

"Since the Royal Commission Report on Environmental Pollution in 2000, there has been a steady climb down the ladder of commitment to reducing the UK's climate damage.

"Step by step the Government is going down to a bargain basement climate change policy. It won't work, it won't last, and it won't do."

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