Ming Campbell recently took part in a Q+A session run by Friends of the Earth. You can watch the highlights on Friends of the Earth’s website.

Responding to David Cameron’s refusal to oppose the construction of any new nuclear power stations, Liberal Democrat Leader, Ming Campbell MP said:

Once again, David Cameron has shown his commitment to the environment is barely skin deep. It is simply not credible for him to assert his green credentials without being willing to take any tough decisions.

Every nuclear power project in history, everywhere in the world, has required massive subsidies - often hidden in stealth taxes. New nuclear power would be no different.

Given that modern nuclear plants would produce four times as much high level waste as previously, the only serious way to avoid this dangerous environmental legacy is to rule out an extension of nuclear now. It is a great pity that David Cameron is unwilling to do so.

June 20, 2006: Ming Campbell MP and Ed Davey MP discuss energy policy and the environment during their return from visiting Woking’s Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Plant and Woking Park Fuel Cell.

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June 20, 2006: Ming Campbell outlined the Liberal Democrats’ opposition to a new generation of nuclear power stations and then went on to visit a Combined Heat & Power Plant in Woking. If you would like to hear a live recording of his speech, you can download it and listen to it on your MP3 player, or click on the button below to listen to it now on your computer.

Nuclear Power is not the answer to the ‘energy gap’.

It is less secure, far more expensive, more environmentally unfriendly and more risky than the alternatives.

The government has failed to spell out who will pay for a new generation of nuclear power stations.

The Government’s own White Paper in 2003 said that nuclear power was an “unattractive option” on grounds of cost and waste.

Nothing has changed since then to make it an attractive option, despite the Prime Minister’s claims to the contrary.

It is time to set out some facts to counter the unhealthy spin of this government.

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