Prince Charles cancels ski trip to save the Planet

Prince Charles cancels ski trip to help save planet
Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:12 PM GMT2
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles, criticised for booking a
trans-Atlantic flight to collect an environmental award, has cancelled
a ski trip to Switzerland to reduce greenhouse gases, a palace source
said on Saturday.

The decision not to take the annual holiday in Klosters was made some
time ago and was part of the heir-to-throne's commitment to reduce his
"carbon footprint", the source said.

Environment Minister David Miliband has questioned the need for the
heir to the throne to fly to New York next week with a 20-strong
entourage to collect the Global Environmental Citizen Prize from former
U.S. vice-president Al Gore.

"Was it a particularly heavy award?," Miliband told London's Evening
Standard newspaper. "A lot of business can be done by telephone and
video link these days."

Buckingham Palace defended the Prince's trans-Atlantic trip, saying the
two-day visit on January 27 and 28 was being made at the request of the
Foreign Office and would include a number of other engagements.

But environmentalists accused the prince, renowned for his green
leanings, of skating on thin ice.

"It's the equivalent of turning up to an Oxfam award in a stretch
limo," said a spokesman for the Plane Stupid anti-flights campaign
group. "It's a bad joke."

Prince Charles said last year he would include a measure of how his
activities affected the environment in his next annual accounts, due
this summer.

He also vowed to cut his carbon emissions by abandoning chartered
planes and trains in favour of scheduled services.

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very funny that means he will fly to the bahamas

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Prince Charles cancels ski trip to help save planet
Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:12 PM GMT2
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles, criticised for booking a
trans-Atlantic flight to collect an environmental award, has cancelled
a ski trip to Switzerland to reduce greenhouse gases, a palace source
said on Saturday.

The decision not to take the annual holiday in Klosters was made some
time ago and was part of the heir-to-throne's commitment to reduce his
"carbon footprint", the source said.

Environment Minister David Miliband has questioned the need for the
heir to the throne to fly to New York next week with a 20-strong
entourage to collect the Global Environmental Citizen Prize from former
U.S. vice-president Al Gore.

"Was it a particularly heavy award?," Miliband told London's Evening
Standard newspaper. "A lot of business can be done by telephone and
video link these days."

Buckingham Palace defended the Prince's trans-Atlantic trip, saying the
two-day visit on January 27 and 28 was being made at the request of the
Foreign Office and would include a number of other engagements.

But environmentalists accused the prince, renowned for his green
leanings, of skating on thin ice.

"It's the equivalent of turning up to an Oxfam award in a stretch
limo," said a spokesman for the Plane Stupid anti-flights campaign
group. "It's a bad joke."

Prince Charles said last year he would include a measure of how his
activities affected the environment in his next annual accounts, due
this summer.

He also vowed to cut his carbon emissions by abandoning chartered
planes and trains in favour of scheduled services.

© Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved.

Perhaps the Prince doesn't own a pair of "rock skis."

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Prince Charles cancels ski trip to help save planet
Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:12 PM GMT2
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles, criticised for booking a
trans-Atlantic flight to collect an environmental award, has cancelled
a ski trip to Switzerland to reduce greenhouse gases, a palace source
said on Saturday.

The decision not to take the annual holiday in Klosters was made some
time ago and was part of the heir-to-throne's commitment to reduce his
"carbon footprint", the source said.

Environment Minister David Miliband has questioned the need for the
heir to the throne to fly to New York next week with a 20-strong
entourage to collect the Global Environmental Citizen Prize from former
U.S. vice-president Al Gore.

"Was it a particularly heavy award?," Miliband told London's Evening
Standard newspaper. "A lot of business can be done by telephone and
video link these days."

Buckingham Palace defended the Prince's trans-Atlantic trip, saying the
two-day visit on January 27 and 28 was being made at the request of the
Foreign Office and would include a number of other engagements.

But environmentalists accused the prince, renowned for his green
leanings, of skating on thin ice.

"It's the equivalent of turning up to an Oxfam award in a stretch
limo," said a spokesman for the Plane Stupid anti-flights campaign
group. "It's a bad joke."

Prince Charles said last year he would include a measure of how his
activities affected the environment in his next annual accounts, due
this summer.

He also vowed to cut his carbon emissions by abandoning chartered
planes and trains in favour of scheduled services.

© Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved.

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Prince Charles cancels ski trip to help save planet
Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:12 PM GMT2
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles, criticised for booking a
trans-Atlantic flight to collect an environmental award, has cancelled
a ski trip to Switzerland to reduce greenhouse gases, a palace source
said on Saturday.

The decision not to take the annual holiday in Klosters was made some
time ago and was part of the heir-to-throne's commitment to reduce his
"carbon footprint", the source said.

Environment Minister David Miliband has questioned the need for the
heir to the throne to fly to New York next week with a 20-strong
entourage to collect the Global Environmental Citizen Prize from former
U.S. vice-president Al Gore.

"Was it a particularly heavy award?," Miliband told London's Evening
Standard newspaper. "A lot of business can be done by telephone and
video link these days."

Buckingham Palace defended the Prince's trans-Atlantic trip, saying the
two-day visit on January 27 and 28 was being made at the request of the
Foreign Office and would include a number of other engagements.

But environmentalists accused the prince, renowned for his green
leanings, of skating on thin ice.

"It's the equivalent of turning up to an Oxfam award in a stretch
limo," said a spokesman for the Plane Stupid anti-flights campaign
group. "It's a bad joke."

Prince Charles said last year he would include a measure of how his
activities affected the environment in his next annual accounts, due
this summer.

He also vowed to cut his carbon emissions by abandoning chartered
planes and trains in favour of scheduled services.


**I can just imagine Chas, his old mare Camilla and his army of servants
that he 'carries' with him using public transport!!! I bet he's never been
on a bus or a tube train in his life.




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Who cares dumbo ?

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Prince Charles cancels ski trip to help save planet
Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:12 PM GMT2
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles, criticised for booking a
trans-Atlantic flight to collect an environmental award, has cancelled
a ski trip to Switzerland to reduce greenhouse gases, a palace source
said on Saturday.

The decision not to take the annual holiday in Klosters was made some
time ago and was part of the heir-to-throne's commitment to reduce his
"carbon footprint", the source said.

Environment Minister David Miliband has questioned the need for the
heir to the throne to fly to New York next week with a 20-strong
entourage to collect the Global Environmental Citizen Prize from former
U.S. vice-president Al Gore.

"Was it a particularly heavy award?," Miliband told London's Evening
Standard newspaper. "A lot of business can be done by telephone and
video link these days."

Buckingham Palace defended the Prince's trans-Atlantic trip, saying the
two-day visit on January 27 and 28 was being made at the request of the
Foreign Office and would include a number of other engagements.

But environmentalists accused the prince, renowned for his green
leanings, of skating on thin ice.

"It's the equivalent of turning up to an Oxfam award in a stretch
limo," said a spokesman for the Plane Stupid anti-flights campaign
group. "It's a bad joke."

Prince Charles said last year he would include a measure of how his
activities affected the environment in his next annual accounts, due
this summer.

He also vowed to cut his carbon emissions by abandoning chartered
planes and trains in favour of scheduled services.

© Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved.