A new nuclear age

Reacting to Margaret Beckett's comments on climate change this morning, Greenpeace campaigner Emily Armistead said:

"The scientists say the massive cuts we need to make in greenhouse gas emissions are impossible if aviation expands as much as the industry predicts, but bringing aviation into the emissions trading scheme is like putting a sticking plaster on a broken leg, it doesn't come close to meeting the challenge. Margaret Beckett undoubtedly appreciates the gravity of climate change and she's right to point out the security threat posed by global warming, but like many New Labour ministers her policy solutions are simply weak."

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