"Britain seeks loophole in EU green energy targets"

[cavscott]

Interesting report on the front of yesterday's Guardian. To help meet our target of increasing the percentage of power that comes from renewable energy fivefold in the next 12 years, the government has started to lobby the EU into changing the way the target is calculated. They propose that British investments in renewable energy anywhere in the world should count as part of our effort and be included in that all important quota. At the moment only projects on our shores count.

They also want the EU to allow carbon saved from coal-fired stations to be included.

Environmentalists are obviously concerned seeing this as a way the government can sideline its commitment to renewable energy. If we can just invest in such projects overseas, why should they bother to develop renewables in the UK, especially when they seem convinced that building more coal-fired stations and of course nuclear power stations? Is this a case of us evading our greenhouse gas commitments?

You can read the full story here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... matechange

Cav

[hamster]

Well, so long as we also include the carbon emissions produced overseas on our behalf through industry and manufacturing...... That would seem fair....

[Martin]

has anybody else noted the soundbite our morally and intellectually bankrupt politicians are trying to implant? - "leading the world in renewables" - they keep intoning it whilst not only doing anything about renewables in this country, but are visibly going out of their way to discourage their use and uptake..........
They are a shambolic disgrace, and are probably too busy spending the backhanders they've trousered from "Frogatom plc" and "GMCorp.Inc" to even bother to try......................

[Smooth Hound]

Britain leading in renewables Trying to manipulate the targets is evidence that we are actually the opposite, we would be standing in the way of the targets being reachable, typical british arrogants