Miliband takes up the mantle of delivering UK’s climate-tackling mission – again

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Miliband will have to deliver on the manifesto pledges to establish a publicly owned Great British Energy company, with £8.3 billion to invest in clean energy, halt new oil and gas licences and deliver a “green prosperity plan” to create 650,000 jobs, cut bills and shift the UK to a clean economy. The public has just provided an enormous climate vote of confidence behind Labour’s ambitious policies Juliet Phillips, E3G Industry body RenewableUK’s chief executive Dan McGrail said Labour should take steps in the coming weeks to make it clear they intend to deliver on their clean energy mission. elected a party with a proper plan to turbocharge cheap, clean, renewable energy - promising to slash emissions, lower bills and deliver hundreds of thousands of new green jobs Areeba Hamid, Greenpeace Campaigners said that the election provided the new Government with an “enormous” vote of confidence for its green policies. “Voters have resoundingly rejected his climate rollbacks and elected a party with a proper plan to turbocharge cheap, clean, renewable energy, promising to slash emissions, lower bills and deliver hundreds of thousands of new green jobs.” But she warned: “However, the Green surge and success of the Lib Dems, who stood on much bolder climate and nature pledges, shows that there is a genuine appetite from voters for much stronger green policies from the government.”