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Ben Goldsborough's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Ben Goldsborough in the last 90 days

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• 08 Jan 2025: Tweet

  Thank you to the pupils at Forncett St Peter Primary School for your thoughtful letters on climate change and plastics in the ocean. ???? Your passion is inspiring! ✨ Replies will be flying back to you soon—keep raising your voices for our planet! ???? https://x.com/BenGoldsborough/status/1877000878730641775/photo/1 [Source]

• 07 Dec 2024: Tweet

  Great to meet John at @ChetVineyard on #SmallBusinessSaturday! They produce amazing wines and capture more carbon than they produce—so you can sip sustainably and help tackle climate change. ???????????? #SupportLocal #Sustainability #GreenBusiness #ClimateAction https://x.com/BenGoldsborough/status/1865417987043283324/photo/1 [Source]

• 4 Dec 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Those viruses are transmitted by aphids, which feed on the sugar beet crops. Unlike growers on the continent, UK farmers are particularly vulnerable to the virus, due to our maritime climate. Typically, cold winters suppress the aphid population, reducing the risk of transmission. Milder winters, driven by climate change, allow aphids to survive for longer and thrive. If the aphids carry over the disease from the previous year to the new year, they can infest crops as early as spring, compounding the threat to the British sugar beet yields.

  Full debate: Biosecurity

• 22 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Fab morning with the Badgers Class at Thurlton Primary School for UK Parliament Week! ???? Fantastic to see the next generation so engaged, with great questions on how Parliament works, tackling climate change, and concerns like stopping the Haddiscoe gravel pit ????✏ https://x.com/BenGoldsborough/status/1859907191551222211/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Vertical farming presents exciting opportunities for the future of agriculture, as advanced at Fischer Farms in South Norfolk. I've asked Ministers to explore how we can support and grow this industry, meet climate targets and be at the forefront of this sector around the world. https://x.com/BenGoldsborough/status/1856400317090541666/video/1 [Source]

• 12 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Great to speak to @solar4_schools about their fantastic work teaching our kids about energy and decarbonisation and putting solar panels on school rooftops. Here in South Norfolk, St. Augustine’s Catholic Primary in Costessey has gone solar, with potential savings of £4 million! https://x.com/BenGoldsborough/status/1856237997425033522/photo/1 [Source]

• 11 Nov 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  It is important to talk about new innovations in agriculture. All too often, we think of the more traditional methods—the herbicide era and the pesticide era—but we are going into a new era of vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture. I believe that these are vital not only because we can get higher yields from less land, but because they are better for the environment and help us meet our climate change targets. However, there is an issue in the current legislation on biodiversity net gain, and I would appreciate it if the ministerial team would consider it. Because these are closed structures, in their essence they are not net gain providers of biodiversity.

  At the same time, these structures decrease land use because they can increase production on a smaller site. They also use fewer damaging pollutants that leach into the area because they are, by their nature, closed systems. They reduce carbon emissions because they are able to precisely grow and engineer the plants that we need. To follow a bit of a theme, they have a smaller water footprint—going back to my first issue of what is important for Norfolk, we need proper use management of our water system. It would be great if my hon. Friend the Minister would look into BNG requirements on controlled environment agriculture to make sure that we can grow this industry, tackle our climate emission targets and be at the forefront of this sector around the world.

  Full debate: Rural Affairs