Will London meet it's target on Carbon emissions?

1.11.00pm GMT Tue 27th Feb 2007

Commenting on the launch on the Mayor's Climate Change Action Plan (see http://tinyurl.com/yruqos) today, in which for the first time the Mayor advocated Liberal Democrat policies by opposing the expansion of UK airports and calling for a fuel duty to be levied on aviation fuel, Mike Tuffrey, Leader of the Group and Environment Spokesman said:

"While I welcome today's action plan, there are some very real questions to be asked about London's ability to meet its commitments on carbon emissions; exponential growth in aviation will swamp progress on other topics. Until now the Mayor has paved the way for further runway capacity in the South East and he's only come out against expansion at Heathrow now he knows his government is giving it the green light. Without a radical change of heart from the Labour Government and real commitment, the action plan is barely worth the paper it's written on."

ENDS