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By City of Lincoln Council Leader

I was amazed to read Lincolnshire County Councillor Colin Davie’s comments in The Lincolnite this week making the case for retaining coal as an energy source.

Coal is the dirtiest of all the green house gases, which is why even the present government has committed to phase out coal power completely by 2024 and driving forward power generation based on renewables with a decarbonised power system by 2035.

The development of wind and solar power means that clean energy is now cheaper than coal generation in most countries, and the cost of new coal based energy plants is well above the cost of new wind and solar farms.

Sustainable non-carbon sources of energy are essential to tackle global warming, and just as essential for hard pressed consumers who are currently paying far more than they need to for their energy use.

District councils in Lincolnshire are already supporting low income households with the Home Energy Upgrade scheme to help them insulate their homes and install low carbon heating for the coming winter. 

This is no time for complacency. The rapid acceleration of global warming is evident to everyone just now, and the time for prevarication is over.

There is no contradiction between tackling global warming and making sure that we can all pay our energy bills.

Also read: Colin Davie – Energy crisis means carbon neutral targets will be missed

Councillor Ric Metcalfe is the Labour Leader of the City of Lincoln Council.

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By City of Lincoln Council Leader

Labour City of Lincoln Council leader responded via The Lincolnite to Grimsby Conservative MP Lia Nici after she “wholeheartedly” defended the Prime Minister following No 10 lockdown party-gate.

Ric Metcalfe wrote:

“Lia Nici’s verdict on Boris Johnson is that we should remember that he is ‘a renegade’ [“What we’ve got to remember is that he’s a renegade”].

“She obviously thinks this can be made to be seen as a virtuous quality, perhaps she should have checked the meaning of the word first.

“Renegade means: ‘A person who deserts and betrays an organisation, country, or set of principles.’

“How true!”


READ: Grimsby MP “wholeheartedly” backs PM, despite lockdown party-gate

Councillor Ric Metcalfe is the Labour Leader of the City of Lincoln Council.

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