Today I proposed some improvements to the County Council’s Sustainability Strategy Action Plan to improve the chances of the County Council meeting its carbon emission targets.

I proposed a ten point plan:

•  An Electric Vehicle charge scheme county wide by 2022.
• All  council vehicles zero emission by 2029
•  Planting 120,000 new trees  now and replace two for every one  lost
• All council supported buses by ultra-low emission by 2025
• Electric pool cars for staff business use
• A new purchasing policy making low carbon purchases the norm.
•  Energy efficiency improvements for all  schools by 2028
• Ensure carbon neutrality for the council’s own energy by 2030.

Unfortunately the Conservatives did not support this plan and voted it down. They do have what they describe as an Action Plan but unfortunately it includes few specific actions – it’s full of plans to investigate things or study proposals rather than plans to actually do anything which will reduce carbon emissions.