RADICAL plans agreed at the Liberal Democrats’ recent conference in Brighton to cut down on pollution have been backed by members from North Somerset.

Constituency Chairman Andy Jopp met Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Chris Huhne MP, at the conference to show his support for the plans.

“Global climate change and extreme weather conditions are the biggest challenges we face over the next few decades,” said Andy Jopp.

The freak storms and the damage they have caused throughout the summer will happen more and more often if we don’t take action to cut our carbon emissions, the main form of pollution leading to climate change.

It is widely accepted that the amount of carbon we emit, known as a ‘carbon footprint’, needs to be cut to slow down the rate of global warming and climate change.

Liberal Democrats have argued that we need to start taking action now to change to greener and cleaner lifestyles. Our plans will massively improve railways to encourage more people to leave their cars at home.

Locally the Liberal Democrats are leading the fight to reopen the Portishead to Bristol railway to passenger traffic.

We will also reward people who drive cleaner, low-pollution vehicles by scrapping the car tax they currently pay.

Liberal Democrats have set out a vision of a ‘carbon neutral’ Britain by the year 2050. We want our country by the middle of this century to emit, overall, no carbon pollution.

It will be a challenge to reach the goal but if we start now, we can ensure the extreme and damaging weather conditions we have suffered this summer will remain freak, rather than annual events.

published by: North Somerset Liberal Democrats, 12 Henley Lodge, Yatton, Bristol, BS49 4JQ

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