Transcript Energy Bill amendment postcard

It’s time for MPs to
walk the walk on climate change.
"…the choice facing Britain is clear.
We can embrace the technology of the future,
… or we can cling to the combustion-based
technologies of the past [and]
gamble the future on assumptions…
Britain must look forward,
Kirklees
or risk getting left behind."
Tim Yeo, Conservative MP,
Chair of the Commons Committee on
Energy and Climate Change
Dear _________________________ MP,
The Energy Bill going through Parliament should include a clear target to make sure electricity
generation is carbon free by 2030.
Such a target will avoid more expensive cuts being required from other sectors to achieve our
carbon targets. It will also give energy companies the confidence to invest and innovate and
further develop the green economy that accounted for 1/3 of UK growth in 2011.
I join Tim Yeo, Chair of the Commons Committee on Energy and Climate Change, in condemning
the government's failure to include a clear target to decarbonise energy generation by 2030.
In a speech on 18th December 2012,Tim Yeo clearly set out the stark choice facing our country:
"As chairman of the Commons Energy Committee, I think the choice facing Britain is clear. We
can embrace the technology of the future, set a target to reduce our present heavy dependence
on fossil fuels and upgrade our electricity system. Or we can cling to the combustion-based
technologies of the past, gamble the future on assumptions about the availability of abundant
cheap gas and slow down the process of decarbonising our economy. Britain must look forward,
or risk getting left behind."
I urge you to work with Tim Yeo and other MPs to amend the legislation to include a clear
target to make sure electricity generation is carbon free by 2030. Anything less will lock us
into future dependence on fossil fuels and rising energy bills.
Yours sincerely, (Please write in block capitals.)
Name: __________________________ House number: ______ Postcode: _______________