CLIMATE CHANGE RALLY & MARCH SATURDAY 5th DECEMBER 2009
Events on the day include
Events on the day include
Julia Goldsworthy and Simon Hughes today gave their congratulations to six Liberal Democrat lead cities for their outstanding performance in Forum for the Future's annual league table of sustainable cities.
"Gordon Brown's announcement pales in comparison to Liberal Democrat plans that will invest £400m in our wind turbine manufacturing capacity," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary.
Nick Clegg launched this latest plank of the Liberal Democrats' economic stimulus and job creation package visiting a former shipyard in Newcastle. The proposals would enable firms to manufacture off-shore wind turbines in the UK, instead of seeing them built abroad due to out-of-date facilities.
Carbon emissions from the public sector increased 6.25% in 2008, Liberal Democrat analysis of new Government figures reveals.
"Political leaders failed because they did not decide far earlier in the day on how decisions at Copenhagen would be reached," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary.
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