Cornwall Switch

Updates

13-02-06: Penzance woman wins a year's green electricity in second Cornwall Switch prize draw
And there are still two more to come! Full story here.

31-01-06: World running out of time, warn top scientists
Britain's leading climate scientists are warning that we must act immediately to have a chance of avoiding global catastrophe.

09-08-05: Cornwall Switch announces result of first prize draw
Winner Jane Michell of St Buryan will have her electricity bills paid for a year. Read the full story here.

25-06-05: Cornwall Switch raises renewable energy on BBC's Any Questions
When Radio 4's Any Questions visited Redruth, Tom Scott of Cornwall Switch sparked a lively debate with a question on wind power and nuclear energy. The follow-up Any Answers phone-in was devoted entirely to discussion of the issues raised. Read a transcript here.

01-06-06: A nuclear future for Cornwall?
The government is contemplating another generation of nuclear power stations for the UK, and it's been suggested that Cornwall would be a good place to site them. But is this really the best solution to the problem of greenhouse gas emissions? Cornwall Switch explains why it isn't in a recent letter to the West Briton.

19-05-05: Report dispels myths about wind power
The Sustainable Development Commission says that wind energy is a huge potential resource that must be developed if disastrous climate change is to be avoided. Their new report, Wind Energy in the UK, tackles the misinformation about wind that has been spread by 'NIMBY' campaigners. You can download it here.

12-05-05: Cornwall Switch launches at Eden Project
Our campaign launch brought together representatives from a wide range of local and national organisations and attracted extensive media coverage. You can read a press release about the event here.