CARL SARGEANT AM BACKS ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGN
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, is backing a new campaign from the Welsh Assembly Government urging people to make small changes to the way they lead their lives in order to help Wales achieve its target of reducing emissions by 3 per cent every year from 2011.Mr Sargeant said: “The task of significantly reducing our carbon emissions can seem like a gigantic one, but we can get there by taking lots of small steps. For example, if everyone in Wales boiled only the water they needed to make a cup of tea instead of needlessly filling the kettle to the top, Welsh households could save £6 million off our electricity bills in a year. In just one year, households in Wales waste enough electricity by leaving appliances on standby to light 630,000 homes for a year.“This new campaign from the Welsh Assembly Government marks a major opportunity for us to encourage people to change their habits. Small steps will lead to big results if everyone does their bit.”Mr Sargeant is urging constituents to log on to a new bilingual online carbon calculator, to work out their carbon footprint by gathering simple information about how they use gas and electricity, and their travel choices.The calculator will give people their own action plan showing the simple actions they can take which will make a big difference to Wales’ carbon footprint.The bilingual carbon calculator can be found online at http://www.walescarbonfootprint.gov.uk/.
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, is backing a new campaign from the Welsh Assembly Government urging people to make small changes to the way they lead their lives in order to help Wales achieve its target of reducing emissions by 3 per cent every year from 2011.Mr Sargeant said: “The task of significantly reducing our carbon emissions can seem like a gigantic one, but we can get there by taking lots of small steps. For example, if everyone in Wales boiled only the water they needed to make a cup of tea instead of needlessly filling the kettle to the top, Welsh households could save £6 million off our electricity bills in a year. In just one year, households in Wales waste enough electricity by leaving appliances on standby to light 630,000 homes for a year.“This new campaign from the Welsh Assembly Government marks a major opportunity for us to encourage people to change their habits. Small steps will lead to big results if everyone does their bit.”Mr Sargeant is urging constituents to log on to a new bilingual online carbon calculator, to work out their carbon footprint by gathering simple information about how they use gas and electricity, and their travel choices.The calculator will give people their own action plan showing the simple actions they can take which will make a big difference to Wales’ carbon footprint.The bilingual carbon calculator can be found online at http://www.walescarbonfootprint.gov.uk/.
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