Posted in Policy on 04/06/2015 07:37 am by Stephen Tindale
- Plaid Cymru will set up a Green Skills College to develop the skills needed to make our economy more environmentally-friendly whilst creating research & development and manufacturing jobs to meet this need through a ‘Green New Deal’ for householders and business.
- We will support and encourage Welsh businesses to use energy and natural resources efficiently.
- An end to penalties against pre-payment meter users to help the poor cover their energy bills.
- Continuation of our ‘Get on the Grid’ campaign to get more people on the national grid.
- We will make sure we have the energy we need through careful use of resources and prioritising renewable sources and by introducing the not-for-profit Ynni Cymru, which will put our energy and resources in our hands.
- We will oppose artificially imposed limits on our resources.
- We will a ‘Climate Change Act for Wales’ to set feasible but challenging greenhouse gas reduction targets.
- We will improve energy efficiency throughout Wales by making houses more efficient and helping high-use industries to cut down.
- We will set ambitious recycling targets and help supermarkets create more biodegradable packaging.
- We will oppose pylons and promote the use of underground and undersea cabling.
- We want more caution and consideration taken before any further fracking is carried out, and we will continue to oppose opencast mining.
- We oppose any new nuclear power plants.
- We oppose the growth of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in Wales.
- We support locally grown and produced food and will continue to support farms.
- We will support the continuation of the Common Agricultural Policy.
- We will ensure Wales always has the energy supply we need through best use of our resources, and prioritizing renewable sources as part of our transition to a cleaner, more sustainable and secure energy future.
- We will introduce a not-for-dividend energy company, Ynni Cymru, that will put our energy and natural resources in the hands of the people of Wales. This will ensure value for money for Welsh households and businesses.
- We should have full powers over our natural resources. We do not accept the imposition of artificial limits on Wales’s responsibility for its own energy generation, whether that be 50MW as at present or those recommended by the Silk Commission.
- We will introduce a Climate Change Act for Wales, adopting challenging but achievable greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 and 2050.
- We support a moratorium on fracking and other forms of unconventional gas exploitation. Welsh water should not be used for fracking elsewhere nor should fracking take place without full permissions being given by landowners and residents, or without a full Environmental Impact Assessment.
- We oppose the building of nuclear power plants in new locations, and will work to ensure local people and businesses benefit from existing plants.
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