Sign the petitions on the 10 Downing Street site <http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveVestas/> and the FoE site http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/vestas_petition_20414.html ,
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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to prevent the closure of Vestas Blades UK, wind turbine blade factory, on the Isle of Wight.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveVestas/
Save Vestas Blades UK
On Monday 13 July, while opening an onshore wind farm in the south of England, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband confirmed the government's commitment to expanding wind energy. Expansion can help the UK to meet its target of 15% renewable energy by 2020 and can also help to create – and save – jobs.
To show that it is earnest about this commitment, we urge the government to do all that it can to prevent the closure of Vestas Blades UK, a wind turbine blade plant on the Isle of Wight, which is scheduled to close on 31 July with the loss of 600 jobs. There will also be knock-on job losses on the Isle of Wight and in Southampton.
We support nationalisation of this facility if that is what it takes to keep it open. We believe it would be a travesty for the plant to close at this time, laying off skilled workers who are already making the products that wind energy expansion will require.
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Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/vestas_petition_20414.html http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/vestas_petition_20414.html
Call on Lord Mandelson to save wind energy jobs
The UK has the best wind resources in Europe. Wind power can help us radically transform our energy networks to achieve a low carbon future.
It is a key technology to help us meet our target of 15% renewable energy by 2020.
Closures ahead
But England's only large-scale wind turbine manufacturing plant is set to close.
The Vestas facility in Newport on the Isle of Wight is due to close at the end of July. This will mean the loss of over 600 jobs with production being transferred to China and the USA.
Joint forces
Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to save our country's wind power jobs.
Investment is needed in the renewables industry to ensure it survives the recession.
The Government talks about how green jobs will help the country climb out of the recession, so we hope they will take action.
Jack Dromey, Unite deputy general secretary
Action needed
The Government must provide:
* A secure future
For the Vestas plant.
* Investment to expand the electricity grid
both on and offshore.
* Innovation in electricity networks
to allow more decentralised generation.
* Solutions to promote
greater acceptance of onshore wind.
* A long term vision
for green jobs in the UK.
* Development
for skills for renewable energy.
*
Please ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to act now and save the UK's wind power industry.
Click or copy the link below to your browser to Call on Lord Mandelson to save wind energy jobs http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/vestas_petition_20414.html
________________________________
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to prevent the closure of Vestas Blades UK, wind turbine blade factory, on the Isle of Wight.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveVestas/
Save Vestas Blades UK
On Monday 13 July, while opening an onshore wind farm in the south of England, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband confirmed the government's commitment to expanding wind energy. Expansion can help the UK to meet its target of 15% renewable energy by 2020 and can also help to create – and save – jobs.
To show that it is earnest about this commitment, we urge the government to do all that it can to prevent the closure of Vestas Blades UK, a wind turbine blade plant on the Isle of Wight, which is scheduled to close on 31 July with the loss of 600 jobs. There will also be knock-on job losses on the Isle of Wight and in Southampton.
We support nationalisation of this facility if that is what it takes to keep it open. We believe it would be a travesty for the plant to close at this time, laying off skilled workers who are already making the products that wind energy expansion will require.
________________________________
Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/vestas_petition_20414.html http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/vestas_petition_20414.html
Call on Lord Mandelson to save wind energy jobs
The UK has the best wind resources in Europe. Wind power can help us radically transform our energy networks to achieve a low carbon future.
It is a key technology to help us meet our target of 15% renewable energy by 2020.
Closures ahead
But England's only large-scale wind turbine manufacturing plant is set to close.
The Vestas facility in Newport on the Isle of Wight is due to close at the end of July. This will mean the loss of over 600 jobs with production being transferred to China and the USA.
Joint forces
Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to save our country's wind power jobs.
Investment is needed in the renewables industry to ensure it survives the recession.
The Government talks about how green jobs will help the country climb out of the recession, so we hope they will take action.
Jack Dromey, Unite deputy general secretary
Action needed
The Government must provide:
* A secure future
For the Vestas plant.
* Investment to expand the electricity grid
both on and offshore.
* Innovation in electricity networks
to allow more decentralised generation.
* Solutions to promote
greater acceptance of onshore wind.
* A long term vision
for green jobs in the UK.
* Development
for skills for renewable energy.
*
Please ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to act now and save the UK's wind power industry.
Click or copy the link below to your browser to Call on Lord Mandelson to save wind energy jobs http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/vestas_petition_20414.html
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