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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Chris Elmore

• 05 Jul 2024: Tweet

  RT @10DowningStreet: Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP @Ed_Miliband as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero @energygovuk. https://t.co/b… [Source]

• 26 Mar 2024: Tweet

  RT @WelshLabour: Our Welsh Labour Government is investing to expand Wales’ green energy sector. But imagine what more we could do with a U… [Source]

• 25 Mar 2024: Tweet

  RT @vaughangething: Great to welcome @Keir_Starmer to Ynys Môn today to discuss the massive green energy opportunities on the island. Our… [Source]

• 21 Mar 2024: Tweet

  Congratulations to all appointed to Welsh Gov cabinet. Pleased for @huw4ogmore leading on climate change, a cause close to his heart. Delighted for @lynne_neagle & @JBryantWales who’ll be fantastic in education & mental health & early years. Great to see @KenSkatesMS return too???????? [Source]

• 21 Mar 2024: Tweet

  Congratulations to all appointed to Welsh Government cabinet. So pleased for @huw4ogmore leading on climate change & rural affairs, causes close to his heart. Delighted for @lynne_neagle & @JBryantWales who’ll be fantastic in education & mental health & early years portfolios???????? [Source]

• 31 Jan 2024: Tweet

  RT @JoStevensLabour: The TATA workers I met last week know that the virgin steel they make is vital to supporting our renewable energy aspi… [Source]

• 19 Jun 2023: Tweet

  RT @JoStevensLabour: Our @UKLabour #GreenProsperityPlan is about lower bills, good jobs, energy security, and climate leadership. This is w… [Source]

• 13 Jun 2023: Tweet

  What motivates you to tackle climate change? Why not take a photo of the nature that inspires you to be in with a chance of winning a @groundworkwales #TheGreatBigGreenWeek goodie bag. Tag #GroundworkWales in your social media post. More info ???? https://greatbiggreenweek.com/ https://x.com/CPJElmore/status/1668573937045843976/photo/1 [Source]

• 21 Mar 2023: Tweet

  ???? We must protect our forests to tackle #ClimateChange & prevent further losses of species. On #InternationalDayofForests, why not check out this list of activities you can do to protect trees & woodlands in Wales? Find out more here ???? https://naturalresources.wales/guidance-and-advice/environmental-topics/woodlands-and-forests/get-help-to-plant-trees-and-create-woodland/ https://x.com/CPJElmore/status/1638103154586976257/photo/1 [Source]

• 28 Oct 2022: Tweet

  RT @SkyNews: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says it's a "failure of leadership" if PM Rishi Sunak doesn't go to COP27 and use it as an oppo… [Source]

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

  Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 30 Sep 2022: Tweet

  ???? READ: Chris Elmore MP hails GB Energy announcement as a “fundamental shift in how we tackle climate change and the cost-of-living crisis” https://www.chriselmore.wales/2022/09/30/chris-elmore-mp-hails-gb-energy-announcement-as-a-fundamental-shift-in-how-we-tackle-climate-change-and-the-cost-of-living-crisis/ [Source]

• 30 Aug 2022: Tweet

  RT @NazShahBfd: I'm in Pakistan with @IslamicReliefUK to support with relief efforts & raise awareness about this climate crisis. ❇️ 1/3r… [Source]

• 16 Jul 2022: Tweet

  ✍️@BridgendCBC has signed a partnership agreement with green energy specialists Marubeni to develop a 5MW-class hydrogen energy project. This will generate clean fuel for fleet vehicles such as council gritters and refuse collection lorries. Read more???? https://www.bridgend.gov.uk/news/council-signs-partnership-agreement-with-marubeni-for-new-5mw-class-hydrogen-energy-project/ [Source]

• 15 Jul 2022: Tweet

  RT @paulwaugh: Oh my god, @KemiBadenoch wants to delay net zero. Some MPs really don't understand the scale of the climate emergency. How… [Source]

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

  Subsidy Control Bill — Schedule 1 - The subsidy control principles - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 07 Jun 2021: Vote

  Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill — New Clause 1 - Human Rights Abuses - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 26 May 2021: Vote

  Environment Bill — New Clause 24 - Prohibition on burning of peat in upland areas - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 13 Jan 2021: Vote

  Financial Services Bill — Schedule 2 - Prudential regulation of FCA investment firms - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 9 Dec 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  COP26 in Glasgow, as the Minister knows, is no ordinary summit. It is a huge opportunity to set the global agenda we need to tackle the climate emergency, but in my opinion the Government have so far not afforded it the attention and weight it requires. That has to change—urgently, I would argue—to make the summit the success the planet needs it to be. Cutting overseas aid has had a devastating effect on countries on the frontline of the climate emergency. That will undermine our role as hosts of COP26, as well as our international standing and moral authority around the world. What steps is the Scotland Office taking to ensure that, as hosts of COP26, we are leading by example and not turning our back on those who are living on the frontline of the climate emergency?

  Full debate: COP26

• 16 Nov 2020: Vote

  Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] — Clause 124 - Climate change risk - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 13 Oct 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  What recent representations he has made to his Brazilian counterpart on climate change and protection of the Amazon rainforest. ( 907439 )

  Full debate: Amazon Rainforest

  Some 58.4% of the Amazon rainforest sits within Brazilian borders. I am glad that the Foreign Secretary is raising the issue of climate change, but it is not one of the greatest issues facing the world; it is the biggest issue facing the world. Coronavirus is bad, but the longer-term problems of climate change could consume various countries around the world through flooding or deforestation. With COP26 now moved to next year, will the Minister make far more robust representations—not just to the Brazilian Government, but to many South American Governments—about the prioritisation of stopping illegal logging and the process of deforestation?

  Full debate: Amazon Rainforest

• 12 Oct 2020: Vote

  Agriculture Bill — After Clause 42 - Contribution of agriculture and associated land use to climate change targets - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 29 Sep 2020: Vote

  United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — New Clause 6 - Economic development: climate and nature emergency impact statement - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 27 Feb 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  Whether it is transport infrastructure, digital infrastructure or renewable energy infrastructure, the Tories are failing Wales at each and every turn. Looking to the economy more widely, Members across this House will be all too aware of the low pay crisis we face across too many of our industries.

  Full debate: Welsh Affairs

• 05 Feb 2020: Vote

  Transport - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 11 Jul 2019: Parliamentary Speech

  3. What plans he has to increase exports by the renewable energy sector. ( 911897 )

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

  I thank the Minister for his answer. In Wales, the low-carbon and renewable energy economy employs nearly 10,000 people. However, as he has already said, this could be hugely expanded if there were more opportunities to explore and to export renewable energy, so what steps are the UK Government taking to boost the economy and export more to provide more jobs across Wales and the wider UK?

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

• 25 Jun 2019: Vote

  Delegated Legislation — Value Added Tax - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 1 May 2019: Parliamentary Speech

  The climate change debate has moved on rapidly in recent months, and let us all agree on one thing: we are no longer here to debate whether this problem is happening. Look at what is happening to our planet: from the scorching hot week we had in February this year to the blistering hot summer last year, our climate is changing even in the UK before our very eyes, but while these ice-lolly weather patterns might be a gift to some of us in the western world with some capacity to adapt, the price we pay for them as a planet is catastrophic. We see what is happening to our climate in the UK and its effects, namely extreme weather, both hot and cold, of increasing frequency, but we must always remember that our country is predicted by climate scientists to be one of the least affected by global climate change.

  In 2019, when we think about and debate climate change action it is not enough simply to coo over David Attenborough and give ourselves a pat on the back for shining a light on what is happening to our world; as other Members have said, we must act and we must act now. This is the biggest issue humanity has ever faced, and it requires us to be bold and to do much more than just speak out. Indeed, Greta Thunberg put this better than I or any other Member could:

  I cannot speak out in this debate without putting on record how deeply disappointed I was when on her first day in office one of the Prime Minister’s first acts was to abolish the Department of Energy and Climate Change. What message did this send to the rest of the world? It sent the message that the UK was no longer a leader on climate change, but was instead resigned to being a follower. Let us not forget that under the last Labour Government we became the first country in the world to legislate legally binding carbon budgets, in the Climate Change Act 2008.

  I will conclude now, given the time limit. I want to leave hon. Members, and particularly the Government, with this point. What if the French fire service had known about last month’s fire at Notre Dame 10 years before it happened? What if we had known about any of the terrorist atrocities across the world 10 years before they happened? Just think what preventive action we would have taken if we had had that level of foresight and known about those catastrophes, and countless others, a decade ahead of them happening. With climate change we have that foresight and, crucially, the means to do something about it. The legs of the stool are there, as it were, but there is still one missing: us, and that is all it takes for this whole thing to fall over.

  Full debate: Environment and Climate Change

• 19 Jun 2018: Parliamentary Speech

  Bridgend County Borough Council, which serves two thirds of my constituency, has commissioned a survey to ascertain whether water held in the former Caerau colliery, in the Llynfi valley, could provide a sufficient heat source for a project. If the survey results are positive, there are proposals for a geothermal energy project to generate energy for nearly 1,000 homes across the Llynfi valley. That could provide safe, reliable and cost-effective heat and build a green energy industry in the heart of the south Wales coalfields.

  Juggling the trilemma of meeting our climate change targets, improving our energy security and keeping tariffs down for consumers is a difficult task. I accept that, but I would like to stress that we need effective and radical action from the UK Government to address baseline power alongside our work to advance local renewable sources of energy. I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland that the Minister is not a paper-pusher; she is a proactive Minister. I would like to believe sincerely that she will do all she can to deliver energy security for the UK using mixed sources, including geothermal energy and the tidal lagoon. I still have faith that the Government will deliver that.

  Geothermal energy is a unique opportunity to build industry in communities where it is often missed most, by many people who still remember with great pride serving in collieries and who still face the cycle of unemployment two or three generations after the closure of those heavy industries. Of course, we should take caution and understand that that alone it is not the solution to all of our energy woes—but it is a hugely positive opportunity for our coalfield communities, and for building a future energy mix based on renewable energy. It is one we must give serious consideration to.

  Full debate: Geothermal Energy

• 06 Sep 2016: Vote

  Finance Bill — VAT on Installation of Energy Saving Materials - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 09 May 2016: Vote

  Housing and Planning Bill — Planning obligations and affordable housing - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No