Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, warns:
On the same day the UK experiences its hottest winter day on record, there's no prizes for guessing who should tweet its commitment to tacking climate change: Aggregate Industries is the company that is now emitting nearly 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 each year, more than 5x the amount it did in 1999.
From purchasing 99% of our #electricity from #renewable sources to transporting over 14 million tonnes of #aggregates by rail or ship, we're committed to tackling #climatechange 🛤 🚢 Click here to learn our 2030 #sustainability targets https://t.co/AMvvMcFBqM pic.twitter.com/2LZIypgOJB— Aggregate Industries (@AggregateUK) February 26, 2019
Choosing to transport 14 million tonnes each year by rail or ship in an effort to tackle climate change would of course be something to applaud, until you realise that 10 million of those tonnes are produced at the Glensanda super quarry – and can ONLY be removed by ship, because there is no land access.
