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Friday 15 January 2010

Liberal Democrats Fail the 10:10 Campaign

Whilst we are on Cllr Gavin Sneddon (the only active Liberal Democrat councillor for Willesden Green as Cllr Anwar is generally absent), I notice he has posted that Brent Council has signed up to the 10:10 campaign.

What he fails to mention is that Brent Council has no intention of making a 10% cut in carbon emissions despite having pledged to do so. Had he read my previous posting, he would know this. Perhaps he does.

Brent Council managed a cut of more than 7% in 2006/7 as a result of already implemented projects feeding through into actual emissions cuts. After that, carbon emissions started going up again. In 2010, Brent Council's carbon emissions are intended to be 3% lower than in 2005/6. This is because the post 2007 growth has yet to obiliterate the big fall in 2006/7.

Officers have told me that this target was recently changed to a less ambitious one because we were struggling to meet our targets.

This is the reality behind the Liberal Democrat greenwash.

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