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Less CO2
• READING Ken Livingstone’s letter (Take action now to cut out the wasteful use of plastic bags, November 29) prompted me to write about the excellent cross party work that the Greater London Authority is carrying out to meet the climate change challenge.
The GLA and its functional bodies such as the London Fire Brigade are leading by example.
The London Fire Brigade has already achieved a reduction of 14 per cent CO2 emissions compared with the 1990 baseline.
In the past year alone it has reduced its gas and electricity consumption by 203,600kgs of CO2 – enough to fill 488 double decker buses.
Some of London’s fire stations now have solar panel roofs, yet others have new combined heat and power plants, others have wind turbines planned or installed.
A great deal of work has gone into the development of a sustainable procurement system. And even fire hoses are being recycled to produce belts!
DERMOT GREENE
GMB Branch Secretary London Fire Brigade and
ex-Camden Labour councillor
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