A quarter of a century ago, the Brundtland report introduced the concept of sustainable development to the international community as a new paradigm for economic growth, social equality and environmental sustainability. The report argued that sustainable development could be achieved by an integrated policy framework embracing all three of those pillars. The Brundtland report was right then, and it remains right today. The problem is that, 25 years later, sustainable development remains a generally agreed concept, rather than a day-to-day, on-the-ground, practical reality.

This is an opinion from somebody involved in the renewables industry - which is shared by many on the recently rushed and rather drastic review of the Solar PV Feed In Tariff rate.

It is very difficult to understand the reason behind the Government's cuts
to the solar PV feed-in tariff. The attached article from the editor of
Business Green indicates the cost of leaving the existing tariffs in place
to 31st March 2012 would only add £1 per year to domestic electricity bills
by 2020.