http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/2009/08/the-governments-low-carbon-transition-scam/ Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/2009/08/the-governments-low-carbon-transition-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Simon Norton Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:44:16 +0000 http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/?p=414#comment-154 I saw this article in Red Pepper 168. Something I've often wondered about is how the UK can be sure that if it needs to buy emissions credits there will be willing sellers. After all other industrialised countries will be onto the same game and less developed countries do have the power to refuse to sell, don't they ? I believe that a strategy of relying on emissions trading, far from exploiting less developed countries, is irresponsible because it puts us in the power of other countries, both industralised and less developed. I saw this article in Red Pepper 168. Something I’ve often wondered about is how the UK can be sure that if it needs to buy emissions credits there will be willing sellers. After all other industrialised countries will be onto the same game and less developed countries do have the power to refuse to sell, don’t they ? I believe that a strategy of relying on emissions trading, far from exploiting less developed countries, is
irresponsible because it puts us in the power of other countries, both industralised and less developed.

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