UK carbon emissions: The stench of missed targets as the Coalition’s green credentials are ‘torn up and thrown out’
This is strong stuff. Please hold your hand up if like me you feel part of the problem is a lack of transparency and consent about the way the market has been developed without proper public engagement and debate. Developed in a way which means people pay regressive taxes according to use rather than need through their energy bills.
The article tells us:
“The UK is set to miss key targets on carbon emissions, because too many of the country’s most polluting coal-fired power plants are set to stay open far longer than the Government had pledged, a new report warns.
Promises to introduce policies that would force coal plants to close have not been fulfilled, says the report by Imperial College London.
Ageing coal plants must close by 2025 if the UK is to get anywhere near its legally binding commitment to slash carbon emissions by 60 per cent of 1990 levels by 2030.But while the Government said it would make it so expensive for coal plants to operate that they would have no choice but to close within a decade, it has failed to do so, warns the report.
This means a significant portion of the hugely inefficient coal plants from the 1960s and 1970s – a major source of carbon emissions – are likely to keep operating into the 2030s, making it virtually impossible for the UK to meet key targets.”
And by the way how enthusiastic are you about the prospect of power cuts this winter?