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It’s an impossible job, but
Darling missed a trick here
Charged with making a small amount of cash go a long way, the
unenviable position of chancellor has become much like that other
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‘impossible job’, the England football manager. But, while Fabio
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new one) is just another auto-industry bailout. And, to miss the
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opportunity of including a clause that ensures the cash is spent on the
seem token and
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somebody using this hand-out to trade in their Fiesta for a Porsche. ■ John Alker UK Green Building Council
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meaningless Then there was the carbon capture and storage (CCS) announce-
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ment from Ed Miliband. The government’s position is that “energy
■ Charlie Browne UK environment manager, Ikea
companies must demonstrate CCS on a substantial proportion of any
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new coal-fired power station”. But the fact is, if greenhouse gas emis-
■ Sara Johnson Environmental manager, Wolseley
sions targets are to be met, no new coal-powered stations should be
■ Anya Ledwith consultant, ESHCon
■ Liz Parkes Head of waste, Environment Agency
built unless the operators can guarantee that 100% of the carbon is
■ Bruno Zago UK & Ireland environmental manager,
buried and not released into the atmosphere.
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This government is very keen to boast about its world-first carbon
budgets and legally binding emissions targets. But an absence of any
proper, joined-up thinking in Whitehall, makes any breakthrough
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