Labour’s plans for local clean energy projects must be matched with ambitious investment in green growth

Responding to Labour’s green energy plans, due to be announced by Sir Kier Starmer in Scotland tomorrow, Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at Friends of the Earth, said:

“With plans for communities to benefit from local clean power projects and a commitment to lift the ban on onshore wind, Labour is saying many of the right things on energy policy.

“But to have a credible climate plan in place, there can be no backsliding on pledges to stop new oil and gas extraction or invest in green growth.

“The climate crisis is the greatest threat the world faces. Sir Kier Starmer needs to make it clear that the fossil fuels era is over, and the only viable future is a zero-carbon economy. This means urgently investing in a street-by-street insulation programme and cheap, homegrown renewables to cut emissions, create new jobs, increase energy security and help bring down our energy bills for good.”