Power push burns Blair

Melbourne MX, Page: 10
Wednesday, 17 May 2006

Prime Minister Tony Blair has angered the environmental movement by pushing for new nuclear power plants in Britain to ensure energy supplies. Blair said nuclear energy and renewables were "back on the agenda with a vengeance" after he received the first draft of an energy review by the government, to be published in July. Renewables are constant sources of energy like wind, water and solar power. "Essentially the twin pressures of climate change and energy security are raising energy policy to the top of the agenda in the UK, " Blair said.

"The facts are stark. By 2025, if policy is unchanged, there will be a dramatic gap on targets to reduce CO2 emissions."