MIKE
WEATHERLEY GREENER THAN GREEN
Some praise for the Green Party. They have been enormously
successful in fooling people into thinking they are the Party with Green
policies. Well done to them. Of course its rubbish. Their policies in many ways
would make matters WORSE. They of course also fail to mention just how good the
Conservative party have been in this arena. I agree that Labour has failed miserably.
But that just is not true when looking at the Conservative record. For doubters:
Conservative governments introduced the modern framework for
countryside and wildlife protection; the Clean Air Act of 1956, the ban on CFCs;
tax incentives for unleaded petrol; the great clean-up of our rivers and lakes;
the landfill tax; and the Home Energy and Conservation Act.
Chris Patten produced the first white paper on the environment.
Margaret Thatcher was one of the first major world leaders to alert the
international community to the threat of global warming. John Gummer, former
Environment Secretary, continues to be recognised as a leading international
authority on the environment.
As Environment Secretary, Michael Howard signed the agreement to end CFCs and
succeeded in persuading the United States Government, under George Bush senior,
to sign the Climate Change Convention, the forerunner of the Kyoto Agreement.
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The Conservatives set up the Department of the Environment and
Environment Agency
I say to people such as Greenpeace, whilst
many of your views are sound, your publicity is extreme and will do nothing but
distract from the main issue. We
all want to live in a clean environmentally friendly world.
Conservatives are the most environmentally friendly party in Parliament,
and dont let anyone tell you otherwise.