Tony Blair: 'I’m a planet-saving kinda guy'

From The Sunday Times


July 5, 2009
Tony Blair: 'I’m a planet-saving kinda guy'
The former PM has a new green masterplan: it won’t mean giving up our energy-rich lifestyle but it will cost us billions



Jonathan Leake: News Review interview
The silence from Tony Blair is so long it’s embarrassing. He has just spent 15 minutes enthusing about his new global report about how technology can help the world to combat climate change when the obvious question arose: what has he done to make his own life more sustainable?
Er . . . (long silence) . . . “We’ve got solar panels on our house.” Which one (he has a handful)? “The London one.”
Another long silence, then an aide mentions the offsets: “Ah yes, we offset our travel, too.” More silence: “And we have some home insulation.”
It is an awkward interlude. Blair is about to launch himself onto the world stage in yet another new role: as an evangelist for world-saving green technology.