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Gordon Brown is no environmentalist

UK: A Green Response to Gordon Brown’s Speech  Green Christina September 29, 2009 “………Gordon Brown’s environmental credentials were further undermined by the fact that he attacked the Tories for not being committed to nuclear power. Yes, nuclear power creates fewer carbon emissions than coal, oil, or gas (though it is not, as is often thought, carbon-neutral to run a nuclear power station). But it creates a whole raft of other environmental problems, as well as security ones. There are less costly and more effective alternatives to nuclear power to help bridge the gap to a future powered by renewables, but Gordon clearly doesn’t support them……”

A Green Response to Gordon’s Speech – Green Christian

September 30, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes