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Councillor Andrew Moulding’s recent comment on carbon management.

SOS Chair, Richard Thurlow, has today received this reply from Councillor Andrew Moulding, clarifying a comment made by the Councillor at last week’s Cabinet Meeting.It is reproduced here with Mr Thurlow’s permission. 

Cllrs Diviani and Chief Executive officer, Mark Williams, were copied in to the correspondence.

 

Dear all

 

I believe I stated that I fully support every effort within the council’s carbon saving strategy. However, in passing I mentioned an article I had read which pointed out that the Icelandic Volcano Eruption had emitted more carbon into the atmosphere in four days than Britain would save in carbon management in one year. In making this comment, at no time did I criticise efforts that are being made to reduce carbon emissions.

 

Regards

 

Andrew Moulding 


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EDDC’s plans for cutting carbon emissions

Following Jeremy Woodward’s pictogram and letter featured in the Sidmouth Herald last Friday (19th July), on the carbon costs of relocation*,  SOS readers may be interested in the (DRAFT) document at the following link. The forewords (on page 3) from the Councillor and the Chief Executive, and from the Carbon Trust , are especially relevant:

Carbon Management Plan 2009 Brown as Environment Portfolio holder

*See information in our 16th July post, Knowle’s future..the sustainable, cost-effective, option.

More on this subject at http://sidmouthindependentnews.wordpress.com A matter of (Carbon) Trust (21st  July)


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Is EDDC relocation plan too risky?

SOS has been told on good authority, that EDDC has spent at least £400.000 to date on its controversial plans to uproot its staff from Knowle, Sidmouth, to  new yet-to-be-built offices at Honiton or perhaps Cranbrook. . The project will be principally funded by the sale of the Knowle buildings, and is intended to be “cost-neutral” .

East Devon taxpayers familiar with what has happened just over the border, in Dorchester, are not convinced.  This poster has details Knowle for sale final