Coalition Government going green !
May 17, 2010 5:37 PM
Less than 24 hours into their historic coalition, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition announced a commitment to reduce the entire carbon footprint of central government by 10% in a year.
The consequences of this pledge are nothing short of immense: the government estate covers 250,000 hectares and emits the same amount of carbon as the whole of Liverpool. A 10% cut in government emissions adds up to around 600,000 tonnes of CO2 a year - the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road.
On another, perhaps more significant level, the commitment shows the new government is leading by example, and acknowledges the effect 10:10 has had on swaying policy at the highest level.
Let's hope that this announcement, which encouragingly has come so early in the new administration, is the first of many positive moves towards a more sustainable government.
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