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VoteClimate: Claire Coutinho MP: Climate-Related Tweets

Claire Coutinho MP: Climate-Related Tweets

Claire Coutinho is the Conservative MP for East Surrey.

We have identified 10 Parliamentary Votes Related to Climate since 2019 in which Claire Coutinho could have voted.

Claire Coutinho is rated Anti for votes supporting action on climate. (Rating Methodology)

  • In favour of action on climate: 0
  • Against: 9
  • Did not vote: 1

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Claire Coutinho's Tweets Related to Climate

We've found 165 Climate-Related Tweets by Claire Coutinho.

  • 12 Nov 2025 Ed Miliband has hiked the Carbon Tax by 70% this year, pushing up your energy bills. Tonight, MPs can vote to axe the Carbon Tax and back our plan to cut electricity bills by 20% INSTANTLY. If Labour truly cared about cutting bills, they’d back it. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1988520791164453304/video/1 [Source]
  • 11 Nov 2025 The result of a supply crushing tax (NICs) and completely mad overregulation (Employments Rights Bill). Also about to happen to housing (Soil Tax and Renters Bills). And energy (Carbon Tax/AR7) Fewer jobs, fewer homes, higher bills. Sad and predictable. https://twitter.com/bbcbreaking/status/1988147307439624632 [Source]
  • 06 Nov 2025 RT @Conservatives: Labour’s Net Zero obsession is making Britain poorer. It’s now threatening our entire North Sea oil and gas industry. I… [Source]
  • 01 Nov 2025 Almost all businesses in the country will face higher bills to pay for this policy. Our Cheap Power Plan would cut electricity bills by 20% for EVERYONE. Axe the Carbon Tax, scrap old wind subsidies that get 3x the price of electricity. Make electricity cheap. https://twitter.com/skinnock/status/1984235477260746803 [Source]
  • 31 Oct 2025 ????????NEW: Ed Miliband has just quietly increased the Boiler Tax - pushing up the price of gas boilers to force people into buying heat pumps. As I warned last year, Ed now has open-ended powers to make gas boilers increasingly unaffordable in the name of Net Zero. The targets and fines will only get more punitive in the years ahead, piling on more pressure when families can least afford it. Ed has slipped this out on a Friday afternoon because he is hoping that no one will notice. We have [Source]
  • 30 Oct 2025 Great thread. The Carbon Tax is making our electricity from gas, wind, solar and nuclear artificially expensive. Thanks to Miliband, it’s gone up by 70% this year. That kills growth, living standards and electrification. Our Cheap Power Plan would axe the Carbon Tax and cut everyone’s electricity bills by 20% instantly. [Source]
  • 28 Oct 2025 I’ve got one! Would axing the Carbon Tax on electricity generation lower the cost we pay for gas, wind, solar and nuclear and would that benefit consumers? https://twitter.com/martinslewis/status/1982732045290774647 [Source]
  • 25 Oct 2025 Step three. Repeal the Climate Change Act. The Act forces Ministers to make decisions that make people poorer and Britain weaker. The Boiler Tax. Drax. Expensive electricity. All have their roots in the rigid targets in the Act. We will repeal it and put cheap energy first. [Source]
  • 25 Oct 2025 That pushes up the cost of gas, but also the cost of almost everything else too - wind, solar, and nuclear. And Ed has increased the Carbon Tax by 70% since the start of the year thanks to Labour’s EU deal. We will axe it. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1982013559941873922/photo/1 [Source]
  • 25 Oct 2025 This is our Cheap Power Plan. Step one - Axe the Carbon Tax on electricity generation. When Ed Miliband tells you gas is the problem, what he doesn’t tell you is that about a third of what you pay for electricity is a Carbon Tax the government CHOOSES to impose. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1982013550257111186/photo/1 [Source]
  • 23 Oct 2025 RT @ClaireCoutinho: We need a radical change to energy policy. Our Cheap Power Plan would cut bills by 20% instantly. Axe the Carbon Tax… [Source]
  • 23 Oct 2025 @Ed_Miliband Even if wholesale prices go to zero, bills are going up because of your plans. If you really wanted to put consumers first you would back my Cheap Power Plan, axe the Carbon Tax and cut everyone’s electricity bills by 20% tomorrow. Why don’t you? https://twitter.com/clairecoutinho/status/1979541981643800955 [Source]
  • 23 Oct 2025 Glad to see the Tony Blair Institute now saying what I’ve been saying for months. - Energy is prosperity and nothing is more important to growth than cutting energy costs. - ⁠Axe the Carbon Tax to cut bills instantly. - ⁠Ed’s renewables auction will lock us into higher prices for two decades. - ⁠The NESO report that ‘proved’ Ed’s plans cut bills was based on ridiculous assumptions to make the evidence fit the policy. - ⁠If you want to electrify, you need to MAKE ELECTRICIT [Source]
  • 20 Oct 2025 Excellent research by @nj_timothy showing the effect of the Carbon Tax on British industry. Ed Miliband has increased the Carbon Tax by 70% since the start of the year - pushing up your energy bills and crushing business. We will Axe the Tax to cut your bills instantly. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1980337437206519856/photo/1 [Source]
  • 18 Oct 2025 This week energy bosses admitted that Ed Miliband’s energy policy will see bills go up. Our Cheap Power Plan to axe the Carbon Tax and scrap old wind subsidies would cut everyone’s electricity bills by 20% instantly. We have to put cheap energy first. Here’s how. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1979541981643800955/video/1 [Source]
  • 17 Oct 2025 Net Zero has become a religion and anyone who dares question it is deemed a heretic. But we have to be honest - it’s making us all poorer and it’s making climate change worse. Great to join @bbcnickrobinson for Political Thinking this week - full episode below???????? https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1979236678616134066/video/1 [Source]
  • 16 Oct 2025 A third of the cost of gas power is a Carbon Tax. We’d axe it. Ed paid £82/MWh for 15 years of offshore wind last year and is paying much more this year. That’s BEFORE the extra costs of renewables. Want people to use electric cars? MAKE ELECTRICITY CHEAP. https://twitter.com/timpollard2/status/1978740366573490280 [Source]
  • 15 Oct 2025 We need a radical change to energy policy. Our Cheap Power Plan would cut bills by 20% instantly. Axe the Carbon Tax and scrap the Renewable Obligation subsidies pushing up bills. Ed could do this tomorrow if he truly cared about cutting bills. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1978555212139798875/video/1 [Source]
  • 09 Oct 2025 We have to be honest. The Climate Change Act is not working for climate change, our economy, or people’s bills. The best thing for all three is to cut the cost of electricity. Our Cheap Power Plan would scrap the Climate Change Act and cut electricity bills by 20% TODAY. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1976302849903706147/video/1 [Source]
  • 09 Oct 2025 Ed Miliband is shutting down our British oil and gas industry only to import dirtier fuel from abroad. It’s economic and environmental insanity. That’s why we’d repeal the Climate Change Act and back British industry. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1976196539266871799/photo/1 [Source]
  • 07 Oct 2025 We have a choice. High bills, more bans, and more taxes to meet climate targets that won’t make a difference to climate change. Or we could… MAKE ELECTRICITY CHEAP. Our plan would cut bills by 20% NOW. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1975560727307182246/video/1 [Source]
  • 06 Oct 2025 Axe the Carbon Tax. Scrap Ed Miliband’s old rip-off wind farm subsidies. Cut electricity bills by 20%. Ed could do this tomorrow if he wanted to. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1975237651985781059/video/1 [Source]
  • 06 Oct 2025 Axe the Carbon Tax. Scrap Ed Miliband’s old rip-off wind farm subsidies. Ed could cut your electricity bills by 20% tomorrow if he wanted to. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1975237029308101041/video/1 [Source]
  • 06 Oct 2025 We will put cheap, reliable, abundant energy first. And we will do that unashamedly. We will Axe the Carbon Tax and scrap Ed Miliband’s old rip off wind farm subsidies. This is in the gift of Ministers. It could be done tomorrow. And it would cut your electricity bill by 20%. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1975165142217179413/video/1 [Source]
  • 02 Oct 2025 When something isn’t working, we should be honest and say so. The Climate Change Act isn’t working for Britain or global emissions. It forces us to make decisions that increase bills and make people poorer. We will repeal it and put cheap energy, nature and innovation first. https://twitter.com/kemibadenoch/status/1973638230106054981 [Source]
  • 17 Sep 2025 This is Net Zero madness on steroids. Ed Miliband is standing between Britain and growth. As I said last year, if we don’t build more gas power stations we won’t have the AI revolution that could power growth in Britain. We won’t save the planet by making this sacrifice - they will just be built elsewhere. [Source]
  • 09 Sep 2025 Ed Miliband is selling British jobs for foreign imports in the name of climate change. Doubling carbon taxes and fantasy energy policy won’t mean we need any less gas, steel or chemicals. It just means we’ll import more from abroad. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1965308618880024739/photo/1 [Source]
  • 05 Sep 2025 Keir Starmer has blown the opportunity to spare us all from Ed Miliband and his Net Zero zealotry. Forget higher growth - it’ll mean higher bills, fewer jobs, and more imports. https://twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/1964001318629986341 [Source]
  • 02 Sep 2025 Let’s take this head on. We’re now importing MORE LNG which is up to 4x more polluting than UK gas. That’s gas from, say Qatar, which has to be frozen, shipped and reheated again in the UK. We’re exporting jobs to increase pollution in the name of climate change. Madness. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1962811974867107996/photo/1 https://twitter.com/cfyson/status/1962775589581902180 [Source]
  • 28 Aug 2025 The Climate Change Committee is using cost assumptions for offshore wind that do not reflect reality. These inaccurate costings are being used to justify spending hundreds of billions of pounds and transforming our entire economy. They must correct them. My letter to the CCC???????? https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1961050691843051628/photo/1 [Source]
  • 28 Aug 2025 When I came out against Drax, their CEO called me "reckless and irresponsible". Now they are once again being investigated - this time by the FCA - for their sourcing of wood pellets. Huge cost and more carbon than our last coal plant, but continued because of Net Zero. Going green by burning trees is absurd. A reminder that protecting nature is NOT the same as Net Zero. [Source]
  • 28 Aug 2025 RT @KemiBadenoch: Labour’s Net Zero = higher bills Miliband locking us into 20yrs of sky-high subsidies for unreliable renewables. Now tax… [Source]
  • 01 Aug 2025 Excellent. If we pursue climate goals that hurt our growth we’ll be a warning, not an example to others. Wind is not ‘getting cheaper’ - it’s actually getting more expensive. Nuclear is key but regs hold it back. Thats why I’ve laid radical amendments to speed up nuclear ???????? https://twitter.com/archiehall/status/1950998751977545917 [Source]
  • 01 Aug 2025 If Ed Miliband had his way, a third runway at Heathrow would be blocked. That’s because for the climate lobby, Net Zero is more important than growth and living standards. This is a poverty mindset which will make us all poorer. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1951219389186838809/video/1 https://twitter.com/hmtreasury/status/1951191170505163066 [Source]
  • 31 Jul 2025 £72 - price of electricity last year. £82 - what Ed paid for wind last year. £113 - what Ed’s willing to pay for wind this year. Ed should be honest. He is locking us into higher prices for longer to meet his own unrealistic climate targets. This isn’t about lowering your bills. It’s about his own political legacy. [Source]
  • 29 Jul 2025 Labour’s decision to surrender control to the EU Carbon Tax scheme increased OUR carbon prices by 50%. This decision alone has lumped £2 BILLION on energy bills. And Ed Miliband’s botched wind auction is going to make this even worse - locking us into higher prices for longer. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1950099334277501267/photo/1 [Source]
  • 24 Jul 2025 RT @KemiBadenoch: This is why I warned that Net Zero targets with no plan will bankrupt Britain. Keir, Rachel and Ed promised to cut bills… [Source]
  • 23 Jul 2025 This is insane. An official said “The AI agenda would be way more advanced if it wasn’t for Miliband’s focus on net zero.” We cannot block one of our most important growth sectors in the name of Net Zero. Energy policy must fit what the country needs, not the other way around. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1947943249441919112/photo/1 [Source]
  • 18 Jul 2025 But if Labour care about growth, then they can back our proposals for cheap reliable, secure, 24/7 nuclear power - with zero emissions. [Source]
  • 10 Jul 2025 Ed Miliband’s promise to cut bills by £300 was always a fantasy. This is what happens when you set yourself impossible climate targets and ignore the costs. In 2030 you’ll be paying around £100 in your energy bill to pay wind farms literally to switch off when it’s too windy. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1943186920793661790/photo/1 [Source]
  • 03 Jul 2025 Even Mark Carney - the former High Priest of Net Zero - is ramping up gas production in Canada. The world has changed. Ed Miliband must realise that his plans to shut down the North Sea, only to import more gas from Norway - from the very same fields he is making Britain close - is a terrible act of economic self-harm. He must change course before it’s too late. [Source]
  • 25 Jun 2025 Even the Climate Change Ctte know Ed Miliband won’t cut bills. BUT they want to make electricity even more expensive and then load those costs onto gas users, who tend to be poorer. The same Lab MPs rebelling on welfare will cheer this on. https://www.thetimes.com/article/07a91011-70d1-43a4-bc76-0f801cf48b9e?shareToken=b6792dc8d8d853b97a0cd561aa5387c3 [Source]
  • 18 Jun 2025 This is the madness of Net Zero - deliberately choosing to make electricity so unbelievably expensive that we can't even afford to manufacture parts to make the wind turbines. https://twitter.com/jackrdsn/status/1935263291439272414 [Source]
  • 02 Jun 2025 The CEO of Drax called me ‘reckless and irresponsible’ when I withdrew our support for this programme, but burning trees in the name of climate change is mad. Especially as their future plans for carbon capture will add tens and tens of billions of pounds to people’s bills. [Source]
  • 21 May 2025 Bad data leads to bad decision-making. It is quite mad that no one in Government can tell you what Clean Power 2030, which will cost upwards of £240 billion, will do to bills. Neither can Ofgem or the NESO. The work I started to properly cost plans to decarbonise the power system has been cancelled. The risk is that Ministers are making huge and radical decisions which will lead to higher energy bills, fewer jobs and greater hardship - but no one voted for that. If we’re serious about c [Source]
  • 07 May 2025 RT @AndrewBowie_MP: ???? The job losses in Aberdeen today are a direct result of the decisions by this Labour Government. ???? Net Zero Zealotry… [Source]
  • 14 Jan 2025 RT @AndrewBowie_MP: Labour's rush to Net Zero means Britain 'on brink of blackouts' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14280271/Labours-Net-Zero-Britain-teetering-brink-blackouts.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton [Source]
  • 13 Jan 2025 And another letter from November, this time with questions about the impact of the highest carbon tax in the world on British industry. Again, no response. https://twitter.com/clairecoutinho/status/1859991420293227003 [Source]
  • 10 Jan 2025 RT @RobertJenrick: Why is Ed Miliband hiding the true cost of renewable energy? [Source]
  • 09 Jan 2025 Last year I set out plans for more gas power plants and the largest expansion of nuclear in 70 years, but this has all been ditched by Labour. We were widely criticised for starting a Net Zero reset, but we need cheap, reliable energy. [Source]
  • 04 Jan 2025 But China is the world’s worst polluter. So this is bad for British energy security, bad for British jobs and bad for global emissions. We began a net zero reset last year. The climate lobby sued us(!) But we have to bring back common sense to our energy/climate plans. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1875480912168939651/photo/1 [Source]
  • 04 Jan 2025 We know that Labour donor (formerly a Just Stop Oil donor) Dale Vince is uber relaxed about us shipping in kit from China because he told Andrew Neil earlier this year. This is a view that I have encountered many times from the climate change lobby. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1875480113351119023/photo/1 [Source]
  • 03 Jan 2025 RT @EdConwaySky: ????There may now be only a 3% chance of meeting net zero & meeting the 1.5ºC climate target, says independent analyst @energ… [Source]
  • 28 Dec 2024 The biggest myth we’ve been told about climate change that it is now simply a challenge of implementing the tech we know. It’s not, it’s about innovation. The world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery was made by @UKAEAofficial and @BristolUni. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/diamonds-are-forever-world-first-carbon-14-diamond-battery-made [Source]
  • 23 Dec 2024 RT @JamesMelville: Congratulations to Ed Miliband. His drive towards net zero will create 170,000 jobs…in China. https://x.com/JamesMelville/status/1870778769222381830/photo/1 [Source]
  • 18 Dec 2024 Here's my letter with further questions. The hundreds of workers in our refineries, chemicals and manufacturing industries deserve answers. Either they lose their jobs because of the carbon tax or because of higher energy prices. Labour’s plans are LOSE LOSE for industry. https://twitter.com/clairecoutinho/status/1859991420293227003 [Source]
  • 18 Dec 2024 The only way their system costs roughly the same in 2030 is if they assume a carbon tax of £147 - double her own Department’s forecasts! Otherwise it’s much more expensive. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1869302780420313346/photo/1 [Source]
  • 18 Dec 2024 Oh dear. Either Labour is pursuing the highest carbon tax in the world which would kill British industry. Or they're lying about the costs of their energy plans. Which is it? https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1869302767954927899/video/1 [Source]
  • 18 Dec 2024 This is an important read.???????? The Govt plans will mean importing more steel, batteries, wind turbines, solar panels from coal-powered China. Their Clean Power Plans assume they impose the highest carbon tax *in the world* on our industry, which again will just move production from UK to China and places like it. This would mean less jobs in Britain, for MORE carbon in the atmosphere. This is where a myopic focus on our domestic emissions, misses the fact we’d be making global emissi [Source]
  • 05 Dec 2024 RT @NJ_Timothy: ????Climbdown alert!???? Starmer has gone from promising to decarbonise the grid 100% by 2030 to a new 95% target. Maybe he’s… [Source]
  • 03 Dec 2024 More and more people are sounding the alarm that the NESO report shows Ed Miliband’s rush to decarbonise the grid by 2030 will increase bills. The question is, why are so many of the ‘independent’ energy ecosystem so quiet? Why did Ember not come out during the election and say Ed Miliband was misusing their figures when he promised he could cut bills by £300? (Spoiler alert: he can’t.) Where are the many other trade bodies, institutions and industry experts who have been saying ‘r [Source]
  • 30 Nov 2024 As a reminder, here’s how much their 2030 target (which will lead to much higher bills) will get you off gas pricing. From roughly 60% of the time to 50% of the time. And that blue block is gas + CCUS, i.e. much more expensive. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1862787376373793108/photo/1 [Source]
  • 23 Nov 2024 Labour’s rush to decarbonise will mean a Made in China transition. Billions of pounds of taxpayers money and thousands of British jobs will flow to the world’s largest polluter, all in the name of climate change. Read more ???????? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/23/milibands-promises-of-cheap-and-easy-energy-dont-add-up/ [Source]
  • 22 Nov 2024 Ed Miliband has claimed his rush to decarbonise the grid by 2030 will cut bills. Yet the NESO report throws up some alarming questions. He has refused to come to the House to defend the report - but the public deserve answers. My letter to Ed Miliband???????? https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1859991420293227003/photo/1 [Source]
  • 21 Nov 2024 Jesse is right. Ed Miliband should come to the House to debate the NESO report. Ed claims the report proves his plans to decarbonise the grid by 2030 can cut bills - but that’s not what the report says. This is as important as it gets for living standards. https://twitter.com/jesse_norman/status/1859627703810302109 [Source]
  • 21 Nov 2024 The climate change lobby have been itching to get this on the statute book for years because it uses higher costs to force people to buy heat pumps. [Source]
  • 19 Nov 2024 RT @DrSimEvans: +++NEW ANALYSIS: China’s CO2 emissions have now caused more global warming than EU+++ Our new analysis comes as the "princ… [Source]
  • 14 Nov 2024 Starmer is pushing ever higher climate targets for Britain - raising prices and exporting jobs - in return for more imports from coal-powered China, the world’s largest polluter. Labour must publish an assessment of the increased reliance on China and resulting carbon emissions. https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1857052757816967343/video/1 [Source]
  • 13 Nov 2024 Mad. Even the Climate Change Committee says we’ll be using oil and gas in 2050. Why get ‘emotional’? Because 200k British jobs are on the line. £12bn tax revenue which is now being squeezed out of pensioners, farmers and business instead. All for imports with MORE emissions. https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1856449061705937032 [Source]
  • 13 Nov 2024 Keir Starmer is signing us up to climate targets that will likely require huge sacrifices from the British people. At the same time, he’s saying he won’t tell people how to live their lives. Those two things cannot be true at the same time. https://x.com/GBNEWS/status/1856615740582805853/video/1 [Source]
  • 10 Nov 2024 Interesting, @thetimes asks readers whether they think Ed Miliband’s net zero plans are realistic. Over 90% don’t. The public can see what Labour politicians seemingly cannot. The question is, how much damage will they do before they course correct? https://www.thetimes.com/article/0da9968b-1d18-42fc-8592-1434516cf231?shareToken=bb1dd5507301a6f12ac3de09f77d4770 https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1855656433351860350/photo/1 [Source]
  • 05 Nov 2024 Next, Ed’s entire premise is that by ‘getting off gas’ we will make energy cheaper. But the NESO’s modelling shows in the CCUS pathway, gas will price the system as much as 47% of the time. That’s not ‘getting away from international gas markets’, nor ‘100% clean power’, is it? It would also be a pricier form of natural gas (CCS) 31% of the time. [Source]
  • 05 Nov 2024 Today @neso_energy published the advice that @Ed_Miliband commissioned on his target to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2030. I am disappointed but not surprised that he has not come to the House to answer our questions. Because it poses very difficult questions for Labour… https://twitter.com/neso_energy/status/1853693955898057160 [Source]
  • 04 Nov 2024 On days like these, if not gas then what? If gas then it should come from Britain. We get c. 50% of our gas supply from the North Sea. Labour will leave us reliant on foreign imports. (If CCUS or hydrogen then the first still needs gas, and both are more expensive). https://twitter.com/kathrynporter26/status/1853224701289443390 [Source]
  • 02 Nov 2024 As I said in the House last week, far from bringing bills down, Ed Miliband’s plans to ramp up renewables at breakneck speed are sending bills up. The IFS agrees. Industry will just go abroad (worse for climate change) and households will be poorer. https://www.thetimes.com/article/4f27fdaf-8b7d-4ad9-ab30-164b80a7d545?shareToken=2ef8886656dd35e9d8caa017fab1aea1 https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1852601383301640455/photo/1 [Source]
  • 31 Oct 2024 RT @GaiaFawkes: IFS Chief: Net Zero Splurge Doesn't Help Growth at All http://order-order.com/2024/10/31/ifs-chief-net-zero-splurge-doesnt-help-growth-at-all/ https://x.com/GaiaFawkes/status/1851975609951334872/photo/1 [Source]
  • 18 Oct 2024 If the widespread burning of forests is part of the solution to climate change, then we need to ask what problem we are trying to solve. Read my piece on why Ed Miliband needs to think again on Drax's power BECCS plan???????? https://www.thetimes.com/article/01e2bc29-5788-47ce-b9eb-d47d291a8bcf?shareToken=c3e32be0b3b19c61d6b3080a6b237070 [Source]
  • 13 Oct 2024 RT @NeilDotObrien: This week I asked Ed Miliband if he would publish a costing of his plans for a net zero grid (a costing was commisioned… [Source]
  • 08 Oct 2024 Ed Miliband is out on a limb with his approach to energy and net zero. Whether you’re Blue Labour or Blairite - even his own party is now sounding the alarm. The question is how long will he last and how much damage can he cause in the meantime? https://x.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1843631634433946062/video/1 [Source]
  • 02 Oct 2024 The end of British steel-making 10,000 jobs lost Importing steel from China which is 60% powered by coal Those cheering this as decarbonisation have lost the plot. This is bad for global emissions. https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1841074826569490929 [Source]
  • 02 Oct 2024 The end of British steel-making 10,000 jobs lost Importing steel from China which is 60% powered by coal Those cheering this as decarbonisation have lost the plot. This is bad for global emissions. https://twitter.com/tylerdu50887305/status/1841205667081633971 [Source]
  • 27 Sep 2024 If we don’t focus on cheap energy then our industries will move abroad to countries which are still powered by coal. There is no point in being world leading if no one will follow your lead. We’d be better off investing in tech to help the rest of the world decarbonise cheaply. https://twitter.com/telegraph/status/1839410052127424847 [Source]
  • 19 Sep 2024 Ed Miliband is pursuing a 2030 decarbonisation target that no other major economy is aiming for — with no analysis of what it will do to the cost of our energy or our reliance on Chinese imports. Everyone who cares about energy bills should be asking him these questions. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1836783312100114498/photo/1 [Source]
  • 17 Sep 2024 This is important because countries around the world - the 99% - are watching. If an ideological approach to net zero makes our energy more expensive, businesses will move abroad to countries with dirtier systems, prices go up, and developing countries won’t follow our lead. [Source]
  • 03 Sep 2024 It’s shame that Ed Miliband/Labour are reverting to statist central planning policies for net zero. The market solutions we put in place created the largest price falls in new technologies for consumers. We must learn from this. [Source]
  • 23 Aug 2024 Instead of prioritising cheap energy, Ed Miliband is pursuing reckless net zero targets with no thoughts to the costs to ordinary families. Unions and industry leaders have already sounded the alarm that that Labour’s plan will leave us colder and poorer. [Source]
  • 22 Aug 2024 Consumers get the best products when they drive the market through choice. An overly-centralised approach to net zero risks slowing down take-up, and requires higher incentives or stricter punishments to force consumers to buy products that govt dictates is ‘right’ for them. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1826654579997704667/photo/1 https://twitter.com/edconwaysky/status/1826504242234098150 [Source]
  • 19 Aug 2024 This is spot on from @BjornLomborg. As I said in my speech earlier this year, the big prize in climate change will be innovation e.g fusion, batteries, small modular nuclear reactors. The UK can play a major role in providing the solutions the world needs. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/18/innovation-not-global-regulation-will-save-the-planet/ [Source]
  • 29 Jul 2024 This wasn’t mentioned in the statement… It will be a disaster for the North Sea and also the energy transition that Labour have said they want to accelerate. O&G companies are the big investors in wind, hydrogen and CCUS. Disaster for the UK slipped out without debate https://twitter.com/bizmattersmag/status/1817983721573613980 [Source]
  • 26 Jun 2024 There we have it. Labour are being fundamentally dishonest with the British public about their plans to decarbonise the grid in just 6 years. It is hardworking Brits that will pay the price for their ideology. https://twitter.com/telegraph/status/1806001697577185486 [Source]
  • 26 Jun 2024 There are others who call for us to go further and faster to reach Net Zero quicker than any other country. But this will stifle British innovation, leave us reliant on Chinese supply chains, and heap costs on hardworking Brits. [Source]
  • 26 Jun 2024 We have made huge progress. But the most important contribution we can make to climate change in the years ahead will be what we invent and what we export. [Source]
  • 25 Jun 2024 Sharon Graham, boss of the Unite Union has said Labour's net-zero plans risk thousands of jobs in our thriving oil and gas industry. Their plans for the North Sea will turn our oil and gas workers into "the coal miners of this generation". https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13561229/Union-boss-Sharon-Graham-Labour-net-zero-manifesto-plans-oil-gas-workers.html [Source]
  • 19 Jun 2024 Another low for Just Stop Oil. If they really cared about climate change, they should put down the spray paint and train to be welders or engineers. Much more effective but probably too much like work for this lot. https://twitter.com/eveningstandard/status/1803400903052911029 [Source]
  • 10 Jun 2024 Last week I was in Teesside where I saw the huge investment, and jobs, in hydrogen, carbon capture and offshore wind delivered by @BenHouchen. To capture the benefits of Net Zero you need to have sensible energy plans. You cannot be led by ideology and put everything at risk. https://twitter.com/simonclarkemp/status/1798955028960715055 [Source]
  • 01 Jun 2024 Labour is keeping quiet about their mad plans to decarbonise the grid in just six years. They know it’s a fundamentally dishonest position. Wise words in The Times???????? https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1796830278347878537/photo/1 [Source]
  • 24 May 2024 RT @Conservatives: We're taking bold action to cut energy bills and put fairness first as we get to net zero. Labour would take us back to… [Source]
  • 21 May 2024 RT @adamvaughan_uk: Some rare good news on climate change Wind power was the UK’s biggest source of electricity for the last year, knocki… [Source]
  • 21 May 2024 Ed Miliband calls those worried about his mad energy plans ‘climate deniers’ and ‘flat-earthers.’ But we’ve done more than any other major country to tackle climate change. Labour should listen to those sounding the alarm that their plans would hike bills and harm workers. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1792900796524171664/video/1 [Source]
  • 16 May 2024 My speech last month on innovation faced multiple protesters, but even Tony Blair’s institute now recognises we need a common sense approach to Net Zero. We are 1% of global emissions - we must not lose focus on the greater prize of innovation + exports. Labour should take note. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1791091809193447741/photo/1 [Source]
  • 13 May 2024 RT @TheSun: This week on #NeverMindTheBallots, a Net Zero special, where @MrHarryCole will be putting The Sun readers' tough questions to E… [Source]
  • 30 Apr 2024 A delight to chat with @siennamarla about being the youngest member of Cabinet, my practical approach to tackling climate change, and my past as an Oompa Loompa. Full piece here???????? https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/claire-coutinho-interview-desnz-climate-change-net-zero https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1785341093971681346/photo/1 [Source]
  • 24 Apr 2024 Countries around the world are facing up to the reality: you cannot heap costs onto struggling families to meet climate targets. We will reach Net Zero. But Ed Miliband should be honest - his mad 2030 decarbonisation plans will hit family finances when they least need it. https://twitter.com/POLITICOEurope/status/1783119096680235169 [Source]
  • 21 Apr 2024 People want us to address climate change in a fair way. We push forward on attracting jobs and supporting industry, but we’re not going to heap unnecessary costs on ordinary families. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1782006767485891026/video/1 [Source]
  • 12 Apr 2024 From founding the Net Zero Council and supporting families through the global energy crisis, to supporting British oil & gas while helping the UK become the first major economy to halve emissions, he has been a doughty champion for British energy. Thank you, @grahamstuart. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1778802662009393163/photo/1 [Source]
  • 12 Apr 2024 Graham's commitment to protecting our environment is longstanding. He attended his first COP in Montreal in 2005 and represented the UK at COP28 last year - securing a significant global commitment to transition away from fossil fuels. https://twitter.com/grahamstuart/status/1778801688427516374 [Source]
  • 09 Apr 2024 I’m concerned by the Strasbourg Court decision. How we tackle climate change affects our economic, energy, and national security. Elected politicians are best placed to make those decisions. [Source]
  • 12 Mar 2024 When any nation has to choose between net zero and keeping their citizens safe and warm, believe me - they’ll choose to keep the lights on. We need gas to fill in the gaps when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine. I’ll back investors to build it. https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/1767443576441757696 [Source]
  • 07 Mar 2024 We got just 7% of our electricity from renewables in 2010. Now, it’s over 40%. Our flagship renewables scheme just got its biggest budget yet at over £1bn, so we can build more green energy & protect billpayers. All part of our plan to drive down bills. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-1-billion-budget-for-renewable-energy-auction [Source]
  • 08 Feb 2024 Britain deserves a plan to keep energy bills down and to keep the lights on. Labour have shown again they do not have a credible plan on this area which deeply affects people’s lives. They want to keep their plan to decarbonise the grid by 2030 and pretend there’s no cost. [Source]
  • 23 Jan 2024 RT @energygovuk: The UK's oil & gas workers have the transferable skills we need to reach net zero. New legislation will help provide cer… [Source]
  • 22 Jan 2024 Even the independent Climate Change Committee’s own data shows that we’re going to need oil and gas in the decades ahead. Today, Parliament faces a choice. Do we back 200,000 British workers and use our own supplies... OR Do we send thousands of jobs and tax revenue abroad? https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1749384384317174042/photo/1 [Source]
  • 11 Jan 2024 I want to thank Chris for his hard work leading @theCCCuk over the last six years. Under his leadership, the UK became the first major economy to legislate for net zero and the first country in the G20 to halve emissions. A record of which he can be proud.???? https://twitter.com/chiefexecccc/status/1745357058126340596 [Source]
  • 08 Jan 2024 Even as we reach net zero, we’re going to need oil and gas in the decades ahead. The question we face today is where to get it from? Do we support 200,000 British workers and use our own? Or import fuels with higher emissions from abroad? https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1744319174271238417/photo/1 [Source]
  • 26 Dec 2023 Britain is the first country in the G20 to halve its carbon emissions.   We are world leaders in tackling climate change.   That’s why it’s so important we make sure we’re not burdening hardworking families, but bringing them with us as we continue on our transition to Net Zero. https://twitter.com/frasernelson/status/1739591415791776028 [Source]
  • 14 Dec 2023 As @grahamstuart points out, when it comes to climate change targets the only Goverment that didn’t deliver was a Labour one. And their plans now? To borrow an astonishing £28 billion every single year. https://twitter.com/asollowayuk/status/1735409853030379812 [Source]
  • 14 Dec 2023 RT @The_CCSA: Today the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (@energygovuk) have published a series of documents related to hydrogen… [Source]
  • 13 Dec 2023 Yesterday I met entrepreneurs in offshore wind, hydrogen, CCUS, nuclear & solar who are paving the way to the jobs of the future. Thank you @supercritical_s @h2gopower @ActBlade @MissionZeroTech @8riverscapital @CCmTechUK @FLFusion @EnergySysCat @CleanGrowthFund @OxfordPV ???????? https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1734964344759132413/photo/1 [Source]
  • 06 Dec 2023 RT @transportgovuk: Today at #COP28 we’ve launched a £70 million pilot scheme to power up motorway service areas and pave the way for ultra… [Source]
  • 04 Dec 2023 Day 3 at #COP28: ????A visit to British-born @OctopusEnergy in Dubai. ????Meeting with British businesses and charities to hear how we can support them. ⚡️Launched a new UK/Brazil Hydrogen Hub. ????Met with the brilliant pupils from Kent who won a $150k innovation prize at COP. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1731764386782458045/video/1 [Source]
  • 03 Dec 2023 We’ve started a nuclear revival in the UK. From large gigawatt projects to small modular reactors, we are building it. I was proud to stand alongside other world leaders at #COP28 to commit to tripling nuclear capacity by 2050. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1731322613195034766/photo/1 [Source]
  • 03 Dec 2023 #COP28 Day 2 roundup: ⚛️Joined a global ambition to triple nuclear by 2050. ????Committed an extra £35 million to protect the Amazon rainforest, making the UK one of the biggest contributors. ????10 new members joined a UK-led alliance to phase out coal from our power systems. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1731277649673113650/video/1 [Source]
  • 02 Dec 2023 What did we achieve on day 1 of #COP28? ????£465m new money to protect the world’s forests ⚡️£11bn investment in UK renewables ????over £300m to help developing countries with the energy transition https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1730872528204095664/video/1 [Source]
  • 01 Dec 2023 Climate change is not a domestic problem, it’s a global one. At #COP28 we are sharing our experience and expertise which have seen us cut our emissions faster than any of our peers. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1730580357785760052/video/1 [Source]
  • 01 Dec 2023 First day at #COP28 - nice to run into @g__j from @OctopusEnergy! Today we announced £1.6bn to support forests and developing countries make their own energy transition. It’s not often said but the UK has the most ambitious carbon emission targets for 2030 of any of our peers. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1730570177627009456/photo/1 [Source]
  • 01 Dec 2023 RT @RishiSunak: The UK has decarbonised faster than any other G7 country. But we can’t stop there. That’s why I’m at @COP28_UAE, to work… [Source]
  • 29 Nov 2023 At #COP28 this year, we will be helping nations around the world learn from our success as a global leader in tackling climate change, with lots of work on forests, finance and fuel. https://twitter.com/energygovuk/status/1724464757191606699 [Source]
  • 29 Nov 2023 We mustn’t lose sight of what we can learn from the natural world as we tackle climate change. We’ll launch a new National Forest, recover England’s temperate rainforests in Devon, Cornwall and Cumbria, and create two new Community Forests in Derbyshire and the Tees Valley. [Source]
  • 28 Nov 2023 A truly historic day for the UK✈️ Fantastic to see @VirginAtlantic making the first ever transatlantic flight powered by 100% sustainable fuel. We are backing great British innovation that's decarbonising transport on our path to Jet Zero. Safe flight @Mark_J_Harper ???? https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1729416085823181264 [Source]
  • 22 Nov 2023 These changes represent a HUGE step forward for our energy sector, and for Britain’s future as a clean energy superpower. Unlocking billions in investment, supporting thousands of jobs, and strengthening our energy security as we make progress on our ambitious Net Zero targets. [Source]
  • 22 Nov 2023 We must bring people with us as we decarbonise our energy system. People living closest to new infrastructure could see discounts of up to £10,000 off their electricity bills over ???? years. And communities could get at least £200,000 for local projects of their choice. [Source]
  • 22 Nov 2023 Our electricity needs are expected to more than double by 2050, with more than two-thirds of power to homes and businesses being generated by renewables. We’re making the biggest grid reforms since the 1950s & championing UK industry in the transition to Net Zero. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1727333521986101627/photo/1 [Source]
  • 22 Nov 2023 Today @Jeremy_Hunt set out our plans for the energy sector, supporting jobs & growth. ???????? £960m to speed up development of green energy & homegrown supply chains. ⚡️Huge boost to speed up our electricity grid & unlock 100GW. ????FULL expensing for businesses investing in the UK. [Source]
  • 16 Nov 2023 Never let anyone tell you the UK isn’t a world leader in renewable energy. In Q1 of this year 48% of our power came from renewables, up from just 7% in 2010, with the five largest offshore wind farms in the world on our doorstep. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1725075295886041306/video/1 [Source]
  • 15 Nov 2023 We are powering ahead with our own homegrown supply - the first nuclear in decades, a world leader in wind, solar, fusion and yes, supporting British oil and gas too, because we know we will still need it once we reach Net Zero. [Source]
  • 06 Nov 2023 We have the most ambitious climate change targets of all our peers. Even the independent Climate Change Committee has said that a significant proportion of our energy mix will still come from oil and gas. If we need it, it should come from Britain. That’s just common sense. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1721487847385952383/photo/1 [Source]
  • 18 Oct 2023 We couldn’t have decarbonised faster than any other major economy without the commitment of the UK energy industry. At the @EnergyUKcomms conference today I pledged to work closely with industry to support families, boost energy security and deliver Net Zero. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1714741003477717162/photo/1 [Source]
  • 17 Oct 2023 ???????? is a global leader in Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage. CCUS could support up to 50k jobs by 2030 & add £5bn to the economy by 2050. As I told #CCUS2023Conference today, we'll be publishing a vision for the sector later this year - boosting investor confidence & growth???? https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1714265588116115789/photo/1 [Source]
  • 17 Oct 2023 The UK is now home to the five largest offshore wind farms in the world. Seagreen will provide clean, secure power to 1.6 million homes every year - another success story for our world-leading renewable energy industry. https://twitter.com/seagreenwind/status/1714175839984615590 [Source]
  • 09 Oct 2023 Only the Conservatives can deliver energy security with an ambitious yet practical approach to tackling climate change. [Source]
  • 09 Oct 2023 The Ed Miliband speaking today is the same man who neglected nuclear, thought our achievement of renewable energy was ‘pie in the sky’ and wants us to import oil and gas from foreign regimes. [Source]
  • 05 Oct 2023 Two stories today. Which does more to energise the cause of climate change? First, Just Stop Oil ruins a special night out for theatre-goers. Second, thanks to our £7,500 Boiler Upgrade grant, for the first time in Britain someone can get a heat pump for their home for free. https://twitter.com/juststop_oil/status/1709668756127904157 [Source]
  • 27 Sep 2023 We will not play politics with our energy security. Even the independent Climate Change Committee has said that in 2050, we will need oil and gas for a quarter of our energy. [Source]
  • 21 Sep 2023 Governments cannot tackle climate change alone. Today @AgnesRunacher and I chaired the Climate and Nature Finance Mobilisation Forum, with HM The King and @EmmanuelMacron, to bring together €2.7bn of private investment to protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1704960599703069046/photo/1 [Source]
  • 21 Sep 2023 Yesterday we changed Net Zero plans which would have forced unacceptable costs onto families. I’m confident that our changes will still meet our ambitious targets to reduce emissions. Our new approach will also push forward on renewables, new technology and protecting nature. https://twitter.com/telegraph/status/1704779950774243480 [Source]
  • 20 Sep 2023 The Prime Minister has set out a pragmatic approach to Net Zero which ensures a just transition for hardworking families. We have to bring people with us. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1704564215527157965/video/1 [Source]
  • 20 Sep 2023 RT @michelledonelan: The £150m Green Futures Fellowships announced by @RishiSunak will: ????‍????Back top innovators in practical climate tech li… [Source]
  • 20 Sep 2023 Across Europe we have seen what happens when policies hit the poorest hardest. We must protect the huge progress that we have made. Rather than policy that forces people to change, this is the path to Net Zero that takes people with us. [Source]
  • 20 Sep 2023 We can’t tackle climate change without protecting nature. Sadly, the destruction of forests around the world accounts for the equivalent of ten times the emissions of the entire UK. We must, and will, be doing more to protect our environment in the coming weeks. [Source]
  • 20 Sep 2023 I know the huge pressures that households have faced over the last few years. The changes we are making today will help to protect people from rising costs. Crucially, they will also maintain public support for our ambitious Net Zero commitments, which we must protect. [Source]
  • 20 Sep 2023 Today we are taking a pragmatic path to ensure we can meet our Net Zero targets. We are fully committed to Net Zero by 2050. The UK has cut emissions by 48% since 1990 - more than any other major country. We’ve nearly eliminated coal and grown our renewable energy sector. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1704530664408682911/photo/1 [Source]
  • 11 Sep 2023 The UK and Ireland have a strong energy relationship. Today I was proud to sign a historic agreement with Ireland to strengthen our cooperation to boost energy security and tackle climate change ???????????????? https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1701317588175802614/photo/1 [Source]
  • 05 Sep 2023 The UK has a record to be proud of, with a 500% increase in the amount of renewable energy capacity since 2010 – all delivered by a Conservative government. We have the world’s four largest offshore wind farms, half the world’s tidal power, and 1.3 million solar installations. [Source]
  • 05 Sep 2023 Today, our Energy Bill returns to Parliament. It will help us build an energy system that creates jobs, lowers bills, and makes progress on our net zero targets. How? ???????????? https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1699030947469934975/video/1 [Source]
  • 31 Aug 2023 I am delighted to have been appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. I will work with the Prime Minister to safeguard our energy security, reduce bills for families, and build cleaner, cheaper, homegrown energy. https://twitter.com/10downingstreet/status/1697178283123622027 [Source]
  • 22 Feb 2022 This overhaul of Solvency II (cutting the risk margin by 60-70% and reforming the matching adjustment) will mean a much more dynamic insurance sector & will free up billions of investment for infrastructure. Good for Levelling Up, Net Zero and Science Superpower Britain. https://twitter.com/JohnGlenUK/status/1495851694814646280 [Source]
  • 28 Oct 2021 There's still time to sign up to our Surrey-wide virtual Climate Change Summit, taking place at 6pm tonight! We will be joined by @michaelgove, @SurreyWT and many others to discuss key environmental issues. To get your free ticket, please click here ➡️ https://bit.ly/30oFGRV. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1453697528231235589/photo/1 [Source]
  • 14 Oct 2021 Very pleased to share that I'll be hosting a Surrey-wide virtual Climate Summit at 6pm on 28 October to coincide with the COP26 Summit in Glasgow this year. We will be joined by @michaelgove, @SurreyWT and many others. Sign up here ➡️ https://bit.ly/30oFGRV. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1448613545772474375/photo/1 [Source]
  • 08 Oct 2021 Join us on 28 October for a Surrey-wide virtual Climate Change Summit to coincide with the COP26 Summit of global leaders in Glasgow this year. We will be joined by @michaelgove and many others to discuss the key environmental issues of the day. More details to follow soon! https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1446541457414922244/photo/1 [Source]
  • 24 Jun 2021 A new Wild Belt designation would help us tackle climate change, restore biodiversity, and boost health and wellbeing. My piece for @ConHome ⬇️ https://conservativehome.com/2021/06/24/claire-courtino-a-wild-belt-designation-can-help-britain-lead-the-world-in-restoring-nature/ [Source]
  • 22 Jun 2021 So pleased to have secured a Westminster Hall Debate today on my proposals for a new Wildbelt designation, which would help to: ✅Tackle climate change ✅Restore biodiversity ✅Boost health and wellbeing ✅Level up green access Thanks to colleagues who spoke in support. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1407412125388128273/video/1 [Source]
  • 17 Nov 2020 As former COO to Sky Group @griffitha will bring serious real world experience to this vital task. Big businesses have a key part to play in achieving net zero emissions. https://twitter.com/griffitha/status/1328673816147603458 [Source]
  • 04 Mar 2020 Today I asked @BorisJohnson to continue the UK’s world leading progress on reducing Carbon Emissions. Glad to hear he will be chairing a specific Climate Change Cab Committee to ensure we further this important work. https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1235260261214441472/video/1 [Source]
  • 17 Jan 2020 East Surrey - the birthplace of the UK’s renewable energy movement! https://twitter.com/CEN_HQ/status/1218207452220608513 [Source]
  • 23 Nov 2019 Oxted High St Stall, Soper Hall & Caterham Christmas Fair, East Surrey Museum and the King & Queen - busy day talking about climate change, Brexit, Keith Joseph, youth programmes, business rates, fossils, infrastructure investment, housing, automation and dogs! https://twitter.com/ClaireCoutinho/status/1198352697797337094/photo/1 [Source]

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