Summary
FORMER environment secretary John Gummer correctly observes that parties which don't take climate change seriously won't be taken seriously by the electorate - polls show the public are streets ahead of most politicians on this issue (12 March). He is also right to criticise the Government's lamentable climate-change record. But he is wrong to think the Tories offer any alternative.
Many of their specific policies are still on the drawing board, but those we know about suggest support for roadbuilding, waste incineration, nuclear power, tax cuts for multinationals and opposition to EU environment initiatives.See the full content of this document
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Tories Are Not so Green
David Cameron is trying desperately to portray an image of environmental concern, but Tory MPs and Tory local authorities up and down the country are backing the biggest expansion of aviation in a generation. It is telling that Gummer talks of the environment as being of political significance, rather than core to our survival. Greens have always put the environment at the heart of policymaking. As our London Assembly me...
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