Quote of the day 11th September 2019
This is a quote from Margaret Thatcher to which I referred at the debate on Climate Change at Cumbria County Council earlier today:
The council passed a motion recognising the seriousness of Climate Change and the need for the country and the county to work towards going carbon neutral.
There was a slight irony in that I quoted the words above, referring only indirectly to who had first said them rather than naming Mrs Thatcher, and was heard in respectful silence.
My colleague Dr Stephen Haraldsen, speaking a few minutes later. also referred to the important speech Mrs Thatcher made thirty years ago about the environment, and did refer to her by name, and was heckled by some Labour councillors.
As he rightly said, Mrs Thatcher was the first major world leader to see the importance of the environment, as Mrs May was the first major world leader to propose that her country commit to going carbon neutral by 2050.
This is not going to be simple and straightforward, and some of the things we have to do will be costly - though there are things we can do, like going over to LED lightbulbs, which will save us money as well as helping save the planet. But if our great-grandchildren are to have a future we need to make sure we tread gently on the earth.
The council passed a motion recognising the seriousness of Climate Change and the need for the country and the county to work towards going carbon neutral.
There was a slight irony in that I quoted the words above, referring only indirectly to who had first said them rather than naming Mrs Thatcher, and was heard in respectful silence.
My colleague Dr Stephen Haraldsen, speaking a few minutes later. also referred to the important speech Mrs Thatcher made thirty years ago about the environment, and did refer to her by name, and was heckled by some Labour councillors.
As he rightly said, Mrs Thatcher was the first major world leader to see the importance of the environment, as Mrs May was the first major world leader to propose that her country commit to going carbon neutral by 2050.
This is not going to be simple and straightforward, and some of the things we have to do will be costly - though there are things we can do, like going over to LED lightbulbs, which will save us money as well as helping save the planet. But if our great-grandchildren are to have a future we need to make sure we tread gently on the earth.
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