ACBE gets lukewarm response on energy efficiency and CO<SUB>2</SUB>

The Government's Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment (ACBE) has completed its first two-year term. Its latest report again contains important recommendations on energy efficiency and the role this should play in abating carbon dioxide emissions, but many of these have already been dismissed or attracted a cool response from the Government. Meanwhile, ACBE itself has enjoyed little success in soliciting voluntary energy efficiency commitments from industry.¹