WEIR SIGNS UP TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Angus MP, Mike Weir, joined a group of cross-party MPs and leading business and environmental organisations at the House of Commons to launch a joint statement on energy efficiency.  The statement sets out 11 clear and achievable steps that will help achieve the UK Government’s “ultimate ambition” of using every unit of energy as efficiently as possible and contribute to meeting the UK target of reducing carbon emissions by 60% by 2050.

At the launch Mr Weir met Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive of the Energy Saving Trust to discuss the urgency with which the Government must act to tackle the challenge of climate change, including; introducing the requirement of all new homes to be carbon neutral by 2016 and the reduction of average emissions from new cars by 2012.

Speaking after the launch Mr Weir said:

“There is a consensus in leading business and environmental organisations and in Parliament on the need for a step change in Government policy on energy efficiency to help tackle climate change.  The Joint Statement on Energy Efficiency sets out clear and achievable steps to deliver that change.

“Climate change is the single greatest threat we face, and the Government have rightly identified energy demand reduction as the most approach to tackling both dangerous climate change and energy security.  However, gradual progress is not enough – we need this rhetoric to be turned into urgent action.”