Ming Campbell sets out his agenda for the environment

4.00.00pm GMT Mon 23rd Jan 2006

Ming Campbell MP speaking

Speaking today at the Eden Project in Cornwall, Ming Campbell called for an Environmental Incentive Programme to build incentives for good environmental behaviour into the tax system. It would be part of an historic shift in our tax system to make polluters pay and to take the poorest out of tax.

Unveiling a series of proposals to protect the environment, Ming Campbell also called for;

• Further road charging systems, with councils having the right to use the revenues raised to improve their own public transport alternatives.

• Better information for individuals about the environment impact of their actions - such as details of the carbon emissions caused by flights on airline tickets.

• Developing carbon accounts for individuals and households, once the technology allows, to influence everyday behaviour.

• A new international agreement on carbon dioxide emissions to tackle climate change.

• Developing the full range of renewable energy, reducing energy demand, promoting cleaned-up fossil fuel and encouraging localised micro generation rather than rushing towards the costly and problematic nuclear option.

Ming Campbell was accompanied to the Eden Project by the party's environment spokesman Norman Baker MP, who is one of Ming's leading supporters.

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