COUNCILLORS FROM ACROSS THE VALLEYS MAKE GREEN PROMISE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
June 6, 2007 11:11 AM
COUNCILLORS FROM ACROSS THE VALLEYS MAKE GREEN PROMISE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Councillors from the Colne and Holme Valleys - Nicola Turner and David Woodhead respectively - are encouraging their constituents to join them in making a green promise to mark World Environment Day 2007.
Speaking on World Environment Day (June 5th), Cllrs David Woodhead (Holme Valley Ward) said:
"Climate change is a global issue. But tackling it starts at home.
"Over a quarter of the UK's carbon emissions come from heating, lighting and running power supplies in our homes.
"Small actions, such as saving water and switching off the lights can, when taken together, make a big difference.
"If everyone in the developed world makes even one small change to their daily life to reduce their energy use, such as not leaving the TV on stand-by or overfilling the kettle, that would make a huge difference to our global energy use and the amount of carbon we emit.
"Of course there is more the government should be doing" added Cllr Nicola Turner (Colne Valley Ward) "The Liberal Democrats have set out plans for radically improving home energy efficiency, producing greener electricity and switching taxes from income to pollution and energy use.
"Regardless of this, there is action each of us can take now" said Cllr Nicola Turner "This year I am making a personal commitment to unplugging my mobile phone charger when it's not in use. While this may seem like a pretty small thing, if enough people do it we can save tremendous amounts of energy.
"I'm making a similar commitment to turning off by PC monitor when I leave my desk" added Cllr David Woodhead.
"We hope other local people from across the Valleys will join us in making a green promise to mark World Environment Day 2007" they both concluded.
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