Help strengthen the Government's Energy Bill

Sat 11th Jun 11 — Chris

House with solar panels

Image: © Paul Glendell, Friends of the Earth.

The Government's Energy Bill is an important opportunity to move to a low-carbon economy. The Government's minimum energy efficiency standard amendment to the Energy Bill is not strong enough.

The Government must do more to deliver the energy efficiency measures needed in our homes and communities to help meet existing Climate Change Act and fuel poverty commitments.

We must make sure that the Government and every council do their bit to help stop climate change. We want:

  • Ministers to ask the independent Committee on Climate Change to say what each local council needs to do to help meet UK Climate Change Act targets.
  • Councils to draw up local climate change plan showing how they will roll out green policies.
  • Tenants protected from the cold with steadily increasing minimum energy efficiency standards for private rented homes.
  • Tenants protected  from eviction for asking for a green upgrade to their homes.
  • A nationwide Government plan to insulate all UK homes.

Please ask your MP to write to Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, asking him to make these changes to the Government's Energy Bill.