Westminster's Green Plan

Heritage concern as MPs look at scheme to cut their carbon footprint

* Robert Booth
* The Guardian (c)
* Monday November 12 2007

A plan to slash the carbon footprint of the houses of parliament by almost a third using wind turbines, tidal power and underground boreholes is being considered by Palace of Westminster officials. A detailed study into the greening of the parliamentary estate, commissioned by MPs and peers shows how parliament could be partly powered by a 35m high wind turbine on the neighbouring Victoria Gardens and a field of tidal power turbines in the Thames next to the members' terraces.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/12/greenpolitics.energy