We are pleased to announce that Girlguiding UK has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance, for warm homes and lower bills.
The Energy Bill Revolution is calling on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make our homes super-energy efficient. This is the only permanent way to drive down energy bills and end fuel poverty.
From next year the Government will be collecting over £2 billion in carbon tax every year, rising to £4 billion by 2020 and £7 billion by 2027. Recycled back into energy efficiency programmes, this would be enough to super-insulate more than 600,000 homes a year, bringing 9 out of 10 homes out of fuel poverty. It could also quadruple carbon emission savings from households compared to the government’s new energy efficiency policies and create up to 200,000 more jobs – exactly what we need to support the UK’s economic recovery.
Girlguiding UK’s Robert Baldry said:
“As a charity concerned with the welfare of girls and young women in the UK, we support warmer homes and the aims of the Energy Bill Revolution. Findings from the Girls’ Attitudes survey in 2011 show that the environment is an issue which matters to girls and young women – two in three seven to 21 years believe global warming is a serious issues – and Girlguiding UK supports cuts in carbon emissions.”
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