In response to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband’s plans for coal in the UK, Oxfam’s Campaigns and Policy Director Phil Boomer said:
“We welcome the government’s acknowledgement of the need to decarbonise the UK’s power sector.
“However, any plans to build new coal power stations, without also bringing in a legally binding framework such as an Emissions Performance Standard now, threatens to lock the UK into a high carbon future.
“This would further jeopardise the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in developing countries who are already suffering the devastating impacts of climate change.”
Mr Miliband yesterday announced that there would be no new coal without Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). However, he failed to say that there would be an emissions standard that would ensure that any plant without fully functioning CCS would be closed from 2025.
Tags: climatechange, Coal
