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Greenpeace responds to Hutton on Heathrow
Responding to comments by business secretary John Hutton indicating strong government support for a third runway at Heathrow, the head of Greenpeace's climate campaign Robin Oakley said:
"It seems John Hutton is incapable of opening his mouth without saying something disastrous for the fight against climate change. We can beat global warming, but not by almost doubling the size of the world's biggest international airport. Environmentalists and local residents are of one voice on Heathrow expansion, this new runway cannot and will not be built."
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John Hutton speech - Greenpeace response
Reacting to comments by Business Secretary John Hutton, calling for Britain to become a low carbon economy, Greenpeace climate campaigner Joss Garman said:
"Labour ministers are extremely good at making speeches like this and extremely bad at actually implementing the kind of changes that would see Britain's economy become a super-efficient low carbon model for the world. John Hutton is currently pushing forward plans to build the UK's first coal-fired power station in decades and his very own department is attempting to sabotage vital European renewable energy efforts at every twist and turn."
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Hutton humbled as E.ON calls for Kingsnorth delay
Posted by jossc on 31 March 2008.
Business secretary John Hutton's plans to see a new coal-fired power station under construction this summer suffered a significant setback after E.ON, the company behind the proposed plant at Kingsnorth in Kent, asked him to delay the decision on whether the plant should be built.
Until now Hutton's Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Dberr) and E.ON had both been pushing for a decision to be made by 'end May 2008 at latest'. According to documents obtained by Greenpeace under the FoI Act, E.ON's plans were so advanced that contractors had already been secured to commence building work 'from summer 2008 on current tenders'.
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Goal posts shift again as Hutton tries to fudge green energy targets
Posted by jossc on 31 March 2008.
Energy minister John Hutton has been caught trying to sabotage the EU renewable energy targets again. A minister from Hutton's department has been working in Brussels to try and redefine what constitutes 'renewable energy.' After last year's fiasco when Hutton’s department were seen trying to wreck EU renewable targets altogether, now the business minister Lady Vadera has been filmed trying to water them down at an EU energy council meeting.
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