Ken Livingstone has promised to oppose the building of any new incineration plants in London and committed himself to investing more in recycling and clean gasification if he wins a third term in May’s elections.
The promises form part of Mr Livingstone’s environment manifesto which he launched this morning.
Other policies include opposition to airport expansion, “including Boris Johnson’s plan for a new airport in the Thames Gateway” and a promise to work with the capital’s borough councils to tackle litter.
Speaking at this mornings launch Mr Livingstone said the election would be important in deciding the capital’s ‘green’ future, commenting: “the outcome of this election will determine whether ground breaking policies to build on London’s commitment to the Kyoto agreement on climate change, including the £25 a day CO2 charge on gas guzzling cars and an ambitious programme of energy saving through retrofitting buildings, will proceed or not. 61% of Londoners support the £25 a day charge on gas guzzlers and only 29% are against.”
Last week Mr Livingstone was endorsed by Green Party candidate Sian Berry who urged supporters to give him their second preference votes.
Today in an effort to stress his green credentials Mr Livingstone said he was “passionate about the environment and, if I am re-elected, I will make it my personal priority to ensure that Londoners are even better able to enjoy living in one of the greenest city in the world, and that London continues to provide an international example of how to create a successful, vibrant and low-carbon city.”
Roberta Woods says
March 26, 2008 at 10:01 amIf Ken Livingstone were ‘passionate about the environment’ he would not be the champion that he is,of uncontrolled immigration into the capital. Even environmentalist groups, traditionally seen as perhaps extreme(hate to use that word)left-wingers, have woken up to the fact that high levels of immigration pose the single greatest threat to the environment, causing the tarmacing over of ever greater swathes of our diminishing countryside to provide ever-more houses, roads, schools, hospitals etc – all this at a time when this country is undergoing unprecedented levels of flooding!It is crass irresponsibility to ignore this threat from uncontrolled immigration – worse than this, people like Ken Livingstone seek to mislead the electorate when they claim this influx is a positive ‘benefit’.