Sustrans on the budget - "not green"
A 'green budget' was anticipated this week, but Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, says Budget 2009 was a series of missed opportunities.
A 'green budget' was anticipated this week, but Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, says Budget 2009 was a series of missed opportunities.
According to Friends of the Earth Alistair Darling has squandered a huge opportunity to create a low-carbon economy and create thousands of green jobs by investing in renewable energy and cutting energy waste on the scale required.
If climate change is great challenge of our time, as ministers regularly tell us, then why is the new money announced for renewables and energy efficiency only marginally more than the Chancellor found earlier this year for RBS bonuses? And while Mr Darling admittedly has urgent economic issues on his mind, surely he can see that concerted investment in renewable technologies, energy efficiency and green manufacturing are the best way to meet our joint climate and economic crises head-on.
Commenting on the Budget statement by the Chancellor, Ben Stafford, Head of Campaigns at CPRE, said:
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