The new Prime Minister of Great Britain, David Cameron has announced that he will be supporting the 10:10 initiative of cutting Britain's CO2 emissions by 10% by 10/10/2010.
The Prime Minister said: “I don’t want to hear warm words about the environment. I want to see real action. I want this to be the greenest government ever. Today, taking our lead from 10:10, I commit us to a 10 per cent reduction in carbon emissions across central Government in the next twelve months. You’ll be driving this forward."
“But I have also made sure all Cabinet ministers are involved, developing plans to show how they will meet their share. And the public will be involved too – because we’re going to publish the energy use of government headquarters in real-time, so people can hold us to account for our performance. If we do this, we’ll cut the Government’s energy bills by hundreds of millions of pounds.”
In a meeting with staff at the DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change), it was announced by Cameron himself that he will ensure that the Government Department headquarters will publish online in real time their energy use so that the general public are able to hold ministers and civil servants accountable for their carbon footprint. The Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has been appointed to ensure that this target is reached within government with the help of representatives from key departments and the private sector.
(Source: http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/05/central-government-emissions-to-be-cut-pm-2-50121)
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Friday 21 May 2010
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