Greenpeace comment on re-establishing a Dept. for Energy

Commenting on news reports suggesting the Prime Minister will re-establish a Department for Energy in his upcoming reshuffle, Greenpeace UK’s director of policy, Dr Doug Parr, said:

“As climate disasters intensify, energy costs spiral and the world continue to sink under rising seas, without other fundamental reforms, re-establishing a Department for Energy will be as helpful as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. It’s government policy and underinvestment that is holding back real action on the climate and energy crises, not the departments or ministers in place.

“Unless the new-look Department for Energy is given the freedom and funding to rapidly scale up renewable energy production – both offshore and on – to sure up domestic supply, as well as roll out a nationwide scheme to insulate the tens of millions of energy-wasting homes across the country, what’s the point?”