The
environmental group Friends of the Earth intends to file a legal challenge
against the UK government because of its failure to install a viable plan to
meet its renewable targets. With the UK's increasing carbon footprints are not
doing the country a favour.
Yes,
I've been hearing about lots of health issues surfacing, especially with
children and the elderly.
Add
to this the issue of Volkswagen, whose vehicles a hefty number of the UK
population drive, and the environment is having its own party indeed.
About to Miss Its Target
Friends
of the Earth will send a formal letter to Energy Secretary Amber Rudd
expressing its concerns this week. This follows after the UK revealed it can
miss its legally-bound target to generate 15 per cent of its energy from renewable
by 2020.
According
to Friends of the Earth campaigner Alasdair Cameron:
“Without
serious additional action the UK is on course to miss its legally binding
renewable energy targets for 2020 – and recently proposed cuts to support for
wind and solar technologies will make matters worse.
“We
will be writing to the government to set out our concerns and warn of the
potential legal consequences if its renewable energy action plan is inadequate.
Renewable energy is the future – the government must get on board and help
build the low carbon, affordable economy we so urgently need.”
A
formal reply from the government said:
“Renewables
make up around 25% of our electricity generation and we are on track to meet
our ambition for 2020. We continue to make progress to meet our overall
renewable energy target.”
