British Parties fighting over who is “Most Green”

The British Labor Party (to be led shortly by Gordon Brown), is challenging the Torries’ claims that they are best able to lead the fight against climate change. The Torries, currently in opposition, have proposed a tax on airfare to reduce climate emissions.

But Gordown Brown - Tony Blair’s heir apparent - wants to seize the initiative from them.

“On Tuesday the government will launch its Climate Change Bill, which puts the government’s long-term goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050 into statute.

However, the Bill does not include plans for strict annual targets for emissions reductions, as demanded by the Tories.”

Read more about it at:

BBC News

This is what we need here in the States…having our two main political parties arguing over which will do more to stop climate change!

About Craig

Craig Altemose is a joint degree student at the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Law School, where he is in his third year of a four-year M.P.P./J.D. joint degree program. Craig is the Co-Coordinator of Massachusetts Power Shift (MA's state network) and the Co-Chair of the National Association of Environmental Law Societies. He has previously worked with Energy Action as an intern and a fellow, and served on the Executive Committee of the Sierra Student Coalition, a group he remains active with. He helped plan PowerShift 2007, and was the Lead Organizer of the Massachusetts Power Shift conference in April, 2008.

3 Responses to “British Parties fighting over who is “Most Green””

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1 Carlos Rymer Mar 12th, 2007 at 10:04 am

Wow! I love this! Why isn’t there competition about who’s better at solving global warming in the U.S. Congress and everywhere else? This is why government tends to suck sometimes. The UK will always be on top of this issue because of how much they care for it. Really good post.
2 Anonymous Mar 12th, 2007 at 7:05 pm

You’re all nuts. You want to cut emissions? How are you going to get the power to heat your water? How, in your adult years, will you have access to water without the use of fission (and eventually fusion) nuclear desalination? How will you convert to nuclear after you Luddite cultists have torn down all the “polluting industry” or carbon taxed it out of existence? Think, would you? You’re promoting a policy of depopulation.
3 I'm with stupid Mar 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pm

The guy above is so right. How can you people really value the lives of some millions of Africans, Asians, Europeans, North and South Americans, and others, over our ability to heat our water? Do you have no sense of value? I mean, some people will have to die, and have their countries become unlivable, but we need to heat our water - what are the alternatives? There are obviously none, as the commenter above has demonstrated with his flawless logic. You luddites always say you’re concerned about rising water levels and massive changes to ecosystems worldwide, but when will someone for the love of God think about our precious nuclear plants and warm water?

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