media release
WWF Scotland
Thermal images reveal Parties' secrets
4th May 2005
WWF Scotland today released thermal images of the head-quarters of the 4 biggest Scottish political parties, revealing different standard of energy efficiency in the different parties.
Dr Richard Dixon, Head of Policy with WWF Scotland, said:
"Governments and politicians are always telling us we must do our bit to help solve environmental, social and economic problems. We thought it was time to find out if the political parties are doing their bit on climate change - the biggest environmental issue.
"The Labour Party's modern office is the only one which does really well. While the LibDems own office looks good their upstairs neighbours at Clifton Terrace let the side down so that the building as a whole looks like it needs some serious remedial work. Our survey shows that both the Conservatives and the SNP need to do some checking on the fabric of their offices.
"Any politician who wants to get some votes from those interested in the environment needs to walk the walk as well as talking the talk, and that goes as much for the energy efficiency of their office as for whether they hit the campaign trail in a helicopter or on a bicycle.
" We will no doubt be doing the same kind of work on other buildings occupied by relevant organisations in future."
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Conservative HQ
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Labour HQ
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Liberal Democrat HQ
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SNP HQ
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Editor's notes
1. The full resolution images of the party HQs are available at http://www.wwf.org.uk/scotland/pressphotos The images were produced by IRT Surveys of Dundee http://www.irtsurveys.co.uk
2. WWF is now known simply by its initials and the panda logo, in line with the whole international network. WWF, the global environment network, takes action to conserve endangered species, protect endangered spaces and address global threats, by seeking long term solutions.
3. WWF is part of the everyone campaign - an initiative from Scottish Environment LINK, the umbrella body for Scotland's environmental organisations. Campaigning together as the everyone coalition, the groups aim to mobilise their collective half a million supporters to challenge politicians to step up action to cut global climate change. Using the slogan 'cut climate change, turn the heat up on your MP' the groups have published a series of election demands they wish politicians to take action on.
The campaign is providing user-friendly information packs and has launched a campaigning website: http://www.everyonecan.org with briefing materials and information on contacting candidates.
The everyone cut climate change campaign is open to any group which agrees with the campaign aims and is currently supported by: Association of Regional and Island Archaeologists, Badenoch and Strathspey Conservation Group, Biological Recording in Scotland, Butterfly Conservation Scotland, Cairngorms Campaign, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Greenpeace UK, Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust, John Muir Trust, Marine Conservation Society, Mountaineering Council of Scotland, The National Trust for Scotland, North East Mountain Trust, Plantlife, Ramblers' Association Scotland, Reforesting Scotland, RSPB Scotland, ruralScotland, Soil Association Scotland, Scottish Countryside Rangers' Association, Scottish Wild Land Group, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Sustrans Scotland, TRANSform Scotland, Woodland Trust Scotland and WWF Scotland.
4. WWF is running a Stop Climate Chaos campaign www.wwf.org.uk/scotland.
For
further information, please contact:
Jules Weston t: 01887 820 449, m: 07771 818 677, e:
jweston@wwfscotland.org.uk