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November 9, 2005

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DITCH THE DODGY NUKES!

Prime Minister Tony Blair needs to get his facts straight - nuclear

power is not a sustainable energy source.

The UK is not on track to meet the carbon emission targets needed to tackle climate change. In fact, CO2 emissions have increased since Labour came to power, and Tony Blair now finds himself in a vulnerable and unenviable position, desperately seeking a solution.

With the Prime Minister ripe for the guiles of the nuclear industry's lobbyists, he seems to have desperately seized upon nuclear power as the default solution - neglecting the fact that nuclear power is not clean, not safe and certainly not sustainable - it is not the answer to real action on climate change.

Read part one of our five part series on nuclear power »

Take

action and write to your MP calling for a commitment to action on climate

change »

DINING

ON DESTRUCTION?

Our seas are being emptied of fish at an alarming rate. Industrial fishing

processes are extremely profitable, but are highly destructive and wasteful.

Globally 75% of commercial fish stocks are over-exploited and close

to collapse.

In

the UK, we consume £1.8 billion worth of seafood annually. We investigated

UK supermarkets and ASDA came in at the bottom of our list, while Tesco

and Morrisons also fare poorly, revealing that Britain's biggest retailers

are responsible for the destruction of fish stocks. Marks Spencer

and Waitrose top the scorecard thanks to their implemented sustainable

seafood policies, but nearly all of the UK's major supermarkets are

selling endangered and threatened varieties of fish.

It's

time the supermarkets faced up to their responsibilities and adopted

sustainable seafood policies.

Read our UK supermarket

league table »

Take

action by telling ASDA to sort out their seafood »

BRITAIN SAYS "NO" TO MORE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The majority of people in the UK don't want new nuclear weapons. According

to a poll conducted by research company MORI, 54% of the British public

oppose the replacement of the current Trident nuclear submarine system

through the development of new nuclear weapons.

Britain's Trident submarines are being integrated into US global nuclear strike plans and Tony Blair has endorsed a replacement that is conservatively estimated at around £25 billion - equivalent to building over 1,000 new schools. Only 33% of those polled felt this was a price worth paying, while over half disagreed. Nine out of 10 also wanted the issue debated in parliament, or at least a public discussion.

Blair needs to be reminded he is a public servant - Trident is an expensive and deadly 'boy's toy' with no possible relevance to the UK in the 21st century.