Germany is on course to meet its emissions reduction target far more effectively than we are. There is a short-term gap, admittedly, because it got rid of nuclear so fast. No one wants more coal, but it is a short-term thing as Germany gets its renewables even further up to speed. It is massively ahead of us on renewables and will get its emissions down faster than we will.
UK Shale Gas
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Lucas
(Green Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 18 July 2013.
It occurred during Adjournment debate
and
Backbench debate on UK Shale Gas.
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Reference
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Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Subjects
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2022-08-30 19:20:57 +0100
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