{"id":1283,"date":"2005-06-15T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-15T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/15\/british-coalition-launches-bioethanol-declaration\/"},"modified":"2005-06-15T18:41:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-15T18:41:00","slug":"british-coalition-launches-bioethanol-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/british-coalition-launches-bioethanol-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"British Coalition Launches “Bioethanol Declaration”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Also from Green Car Congress<\/a>, something for the “Won’t See this in the US Anytime Soon” files<\/a>: <\/p>\n A coalition of UK companies and campaign groups, including Saab and Friends of the Earth, backed by the Transport and General Workers Union, today launched a campaign urging the Government to encourage the greater use of biofuels and to give a boost to the fledging British environmental industry.<\/p>\n The group is keen to get government backing for UK technology which is capable of manufacturing bioethanol, a green fuel that produces at least 50 per cent fewer carbon emissions than petrol.<\/p>\n Nearly a quarter of all UK carbon emissions come from road transport. If bioethanol replaced 5 per cent of petrol in the UK, it would amount to the equivalent carbon saving of taking one million cars off the road.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This seems a fitting example of yet another coalition of business, environmentalists and labor working together to support environmental progress. Where’s that Jeremy Carl guy<\/a>…?<\/p>\n Technorati tags: biofuels<\/a>, activism<\/a>, Great Britain<\/a><\/p>\n