Carbon limit to raise power price
- From: "Wedell" <gu47otu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:18:19 GMT
Is this just another poor excuse for the goverment to add/increase yet
another stealth tax? Where is this money going to go back into from the
extra income they make from the carbon levy? Adding a tax to something that
we need to survive, especially if we get another cold winter, will help
nobody, least of all those who need protection more (young, sick and
elderly). Perhaps the government should legislate more against those that
pollute the environment the most, like those people who take several times a
year, short haul flights to the Continent for the weekend (or even a day
trip). I'm not trying to be a killjoy, but isn't it funny how bad things
have got more rapidly since the explosion of air travel in the years
following the introduction of the jet engine. And what about forcing
supermarkets to start using more recyclable packaging? The amount of
plastic waste you can throw away in one week from all the rubbish that food
is wrapped in is rediculous. I suppose at the end of the day it all comes
down to how much money these large corporations give to the government
either up front or thru' the back pocket of the leading politicians. Friday
rant over.......
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5129282.stm
Electricity prices are set to rise after ministers announced tougher than
expected limits on carbon emissions from businesses.
Environment Secretary David Miliband unveiled the plans as the government
tried to get its climate change policies back on track.
The new limits would cut emissions by eight million tonnes of carbon a year.
It will mean a one-off rise in electricity prices of 0.5% for homes and 0.5%
for businesses.
Mr Miliband said that was a price worth paying to meet the massive challenge
of climate change.
"The case for tackling climate change and the human contribution to it is
overwhelming," he said.
He also said there would be a new fund to boost investment in renewable
energies and other green technology.
'Right direction'
The government has faced criticism for falling behind on meeting its own
target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions, which are blamed for global
warming, by 20% by 2010.
Green groups had wanted stricter emissions limits but had feared they would
be lower.
The proposed limit is at the top end of what ministers had been considering
and is equivalent to emissions from 4.5 million homes.
For the Conservatives, shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth said the
plan was a "step in the right direction".
Changing criteria?
But Liberal Democrat spokesman Chris Huhne said the new limit was "falsely
ambitious" because the government had raised the baseline against which it
assessed emissions cuts.
Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission which
advises the government, said the new limit was a "serious achievement".
"Here the UK Government is showing real leadership in tackling climate
change, both internationally and on the home front," he said.
Mr Porritt said the government needed to look seriously about plugging the
remaining gap on its emissions target if it was serious about showing
international leadership.
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