Yorkshire Against New Coal

Yesterday (Feb 24), Parliament voted on the new Energy Bill; there was an amendment to include an Emissions Performance Standard to limit the amount of CO₂ emissions from any new coal power stations.

Just a day before the Bill, Joan Ruddock wrote to all Labour telling them not to support the amendment.  You can download the letter from the 38 Degrees website here: http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2010/02/24/leaked-government-response-to-our-climate-campaign/

There’s also a point by point response available to download.

The amendment was defeated 252 votes to 244.   This means that new coal power stations can now be built without limits on their emission.  However, there is still a chance that the amendment could be included by the House of Lords.

• Yvette Cooper, MP for Pontefract and Castleford, constituency MP for the location of a possible new coal power station at Ferrybridge, voted against the amendment.
• Ed Miliband, Climate Change secretary votes against it
• Jon Trickett, MP for Hemsworth voted against it
• Ed Balls, MP for Normanton voted against it
• Rosie Winteron, Doncaster MP and Minister of State for Yorkshire and the Humber voted against it

For a full list of how MPs voted, check the 38 Degrees web site

http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2010/02/25/energy-bill-how-did-your-mp-vote/

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