Lancashire fire service signs climate change pledge (From Preston and Leyland Citizen)

By signing the declaration Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has agreed to develop plans with partners and local authorities over the next two years to address the causes and impacts of climate changes.

Chief Fire Officer of Lancashire, Peter Holland, said: "Teams of Lancashire firefighters joined local crews and firefighters from other UK Fire and Rescue Services to deal with the consequences of serious flooding in Yorkshire in June last year.

"Though it may be disputed whether those particular floods could be attributed to climate change, they certainly gave a chilling insight into a scenario that climate specialists describe as typical of the adverse environmental consequences of a failure to reduce ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions.