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Cleaner Power
Cleaner Power
Cleaner power. Energy use is the main source of greenhouse gas emissions and hazardous waste. We will introduce measures to reduce energy use overall — for example through better home insulation which will also tackle the ‘fuel poverty’ faced in particular by pensioners. We will make sure that at least 20 per cent of the UK’s electricity derives from a range of renewable sources by the year 2020. Finally, given their long-term problems of cost, pollution and safety, we will not replace existing nuclear power stations as they reach the end of their safe and economic operating lives. We will use renewables and save energy instead.