Blair urges home pollution checks
The BBC News is reporting Blair urges home pollution checks.
Tony Blair is urging people to measure how much global warming pollution is produced by their homes.
He told BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat that individuals as well as governments must do their bit to tackle climate change.
Ministers were looking at making “carbon audits” of homes more widely available, he said. No 10 was now using energy efficient light bulbs.
His call comes as an MPs’ report said tax on air travel and “gas guzzling” cars should rise.
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee said other measures would be almost useless unless pollution from transport was tackled.
Domestic energy use accounts for 27% of the UK’s CO2 emissions.
We put this chart together recently for a client to show a breakdown of emissions sources in the UK.
“There are very simple things we can do to make a difference in our lives.”
Mr Blair is pushing the idea of “carbon audits” - checks on how much CO2 people’s homes pump out through using energy.
“One of the things we’re looking at is how we actually get individuals to know to get their own carbon audit, which you can do quite simply,” he said.
“We’re looking at how you make this really widespread for people, so you get a kind of movement going of people knowing how much carbon is emitted from their own household and how they can reduce it.
“People do want to do the right thing, but they kind of look at climate change and think ‘this is so enormous and it’s global, how the hell can I do anything about it?’”
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