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Speaking ahead of widely-respected environmentalist Sir Jonathon Porritt’s visit to Wales tomorrow, NASEG chairman Mick Bates has challenged Assembly Ministers to do three simple things to make Wales greener.

Mr Bates, AM for Montgomeryshire, said: “The Assembly has a legal duty to sustainable development, but despite the growing appetite for green action, Labour’s Assembly Ministers have been slow to turn words in to action.

“I know Jonathon Porritt will give a challenging talk tomorrow night – urging Wales to go further and faster. I want Wales’ Assembly Ministers to go the extra mile for a Greener Wales.”

Mr Bates, spokesperson on the environment for the Welsh Liberal Democrats, added: “I want to see Ministers giving a lead on this. If each Minister could come up with three simple steps to reduce carbon emissions and slow down climate change, then Wales’s total impact on the environment would be greatly reduced. They have the influence to make a difference.

“I will make it my aim in the run up to Christmas to challenge each minister to do their bit for a Greener Wales.”

Mick Bates will be putting questions to each of the Assembly Ministers over the coming weeks challenging them to take direct action for a greener Wales.

Notes:

Sir Jonathon Porritt, founder Director of Forum for the Future, and Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission will give the Phil Williams Memorial lecture on Wednesday. (Flyer below.)

The lecture, entitled – Getting Serious about Sustainable Energy in Wales and the World – will take place at 6.30pm in the Main Hall at University of Glamorgan Business School.

Assembly Members Mick Bates and Prof Phil Williams co-founded the National Assembly’s cross-part group on Sustainable Energy (NASEG) in 1999.

Prof Williams died in June 2003 and NASEG organises an annual lecture in his memory.

The inaugural event was addressed by Sir John Houghton at Aberystwyth University.