The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a new initiative in \u201cresponse to government plans to introduce alternative (non-nuclear) energy technologies to combat climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n
It says its Emerging Energy Technologies (EET) Programme<\/span><\/span>, which includes new online resources, is HSE\u2019s attempt to address the health and safety implications of the government\u2019s drive \u201cto tackle climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions\u201d and to \u201censure secure, clean and affordable energy in the face of increasingly uncertain supply\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 The safety watchdog says EET\u2019s key objectives are to support the government strategy, provide guidance \u201cthat enables the safe introduction and expansion of new energy technologies\u201d, to \u201cenforce the law to minimise risks to all those affected by new activities,\u201d and to \u201cmaintain a regulatory framework that is effective, coherent and pertinent.\u201d<\/p>\n It says the programme\u2019s \u201cwork streams\u201d include carbon capture and storage, natural gas storage and LNG imports, renewable energy, distributed generation and cleaner coal technology.<\/p>\n However, the UK government’s safety watchdog appears to be accepting the introduction of inherently hazardous technologies of dubious worth – carbon capture, for example – rather than nixing the unhealthy approaches at the outset.<\/p>\n
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