Urging all sectors of Britain to reawaken the environmental challenge, Mr Blair made a commitment to attend the next Earth Summit, in 2002, and also announced £150 million of New Opportunities Funding (NOF) to help the environment. Supporting renewable energy technology (important in the move to a low carbon economy), £50m from NOF will be invested in the development of offshore wind and wood-fired and other energy crop power generation.
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