Controversy surrounds UK green energy labelling scheme

  • 15/07/1999

Future Energy, a green energy accreditation scheme, is designed to give consumers the choice to buy electricity derived from environmentally-friendly sources. But Friends of the Earth (FoE) has accused the government of watering down the labelling system by including energy generated through the incineration of household waste. "We were a bit disappointed by the FoE response," Sam Armstrong of the Energy Savings Trust told edie. EST is a government-funded organisation that operates and supervises UK initiatives aimed at reducing CO