I've been up to my eyeballs for the last couple of weeks so have only just got around to glancing at DECC's Carbon Plan document (apparently a "draft" - hedging bets already?). I can't say that I'm overwhelmed. If this is to be the "greenest government ever" (I bet someone is regretting those words) then we really need to see some action, not another plan pulling together existing policies, many of which were instigated by the previous government.
Perhaps that's being a little harsh. The government has, at least, not trashed those initiatives; and some are moving ahead - the document lists a whole raft of actions many of which are tagged "started". The cycnic might argue that it's easy to dream up such a list - true - but some, at least, do have some meat on them. Take, for instance, working on accreditation to back the Green Deal. Or developing a strategy for electric vehicle infrastructure. Both are needed.
There's the odd surprise, too. Such as committing the Treasury to legislate to create a minimum carbon price by next month. Mr Brown's Treasury would never have been bounced into something like that!
So I guess, once again, it's a case of 2 cheers and watch this space.
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