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We've found 22 Climate-Related Tweets by Iain Duncan Smith.

• 17 May 2025 Britain’s green agenda will expose us to Chinese cyber hacking. Let’s not trade one form of dependency for another. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/16/china-syber-threat-green-britain/ The promise of green energy must not become the gateway for foreign infiltration. If we are serious about energy independence, then it must mean more than just being free from oil and gas. It must mean freedom from foreign control, period. Let’s not trade one form of dependency for another, especi [Source]
• 15 Apr 2025 RT @TalkTV: Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith says Ed Miliband is obsessed with Net Zero, "as though this was some kin… [Source]
• 15 Apr 2025 RT @TimesRadio: “He’s going hell for leather to try and get the net zero process going, but as far as he's concerned he doesn't care what h… [Source]
• 26 Mar 2025 RT @TalkTV: Former Conservative party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith slams Ed Miliband’s Net Zero goals which is “forcing their own backbench… [Source]
• 26 Mar 2025 As Ed Miliband drives his rush to Net Zero in the UK spending billions purchasing solar arrays and wind turbines, it becomes clear that he places the timetable of his role out above all other issues. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34051592/ed-miliband-net-zero-green-reality/ China’s solar arrays, that he will be carpeting the countryside with, are and will be made using slave labour. The same politicians who talk endlessly about ethics, equality, and decarbonisation is planning to turn a blind [Source]
• 25 Mar 2025 Speaking earlier in the Great British Energy Bill debate I told the government, I will not stop and many in the House will not stop until the govetnment faces up to one thing and one thing only; not one life through modern slavery is worth a lower cost of a solar array and that should be an epitaph of this ridiculous position the government is in, turning a blind eye to slave labour in the supply chain in pursuit of unrealistic Net Zero targets. [Source]
• 25 Mar 2025 Speaking earlier in the Great British Energy Bill debate I told the government, I will not stop and many in the House will not stop until the govetnment faces up to one thing and one thing only; not one life through modern slavery is worth a lower cost of a solar array and that should be an epitaph of this ridiculous position the government is in, turnig a blind eye to slave labour in the supply chain in pursuit of unrealistic Net Zero targets. [Source]
• 23 Mar 2025 RT @GBNEWS: Ed Miliband accused of brushing off slave labour concerns in relentless push for net zero: ‘It’s brutal’ https://www.gbnews.com/politics/ed-miliband-net-zero-iain-duncan-smith-china-slave-labour [Source]
• 02 Jan 2025 RT @lukedepulford: True: climate change can't be addressed without China. Also true: Beijing will continue to use climate cooperation as… [Source]
• 22 Dec 2024 Net Zero targets will be unachievable by 2030. The Labour Government’s position on Net Zero has become a new appalling religion. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/12/21/net-zero-grocery-tax-push-up-shopping-bills-by-1-billion/ [Source]
• 27 Nov 2024 RT @TalkTV: Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith says Net Zero targets will be "unachievable" by 2030. He adds the Gover… [Source]
• 20 Sep 2023 The point is that the right choice has to be a clear @Conservatives one. One that reduces the burdens on families and businesses. One that is open about the true cost of this rush to net zero. One that recognises the need to get there without an ideology that places huge burdens… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704420243190194629
• 06 Aug 2023 Net Zero and the threat from China. The drive to achieve the 2030 net zero deadline on petrol and diesel cars means the UK being swamped with cheap electric cars made in China using huge amounts of fossil fuels, making us even more dependent on China. https://www.iainduncansmith.org.uk/news/net-zero-and-threat-china [Source]
• 01 Aug 2023 Fascinating how the argument here is that the UK isn’t doing enough on climate change. The drive to achieve the 2030 net zero deadline on petrol and diesel cars means the UK being swamped with cheap electric cars made in China using huge amounts of fossil fuels. [Source]
• 22 Jul 2023 The right choice has to be a clear @Conservatives one. One that reduces the burdens on families/businesses, that is open about the true cost of rush to Net Zero, that recognises the need to get there without an ideology placing huge burdens on taxpayers. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/07/22/uxbridge-by-election-conservatives-stand-net-zero/ [Source]
• 13 Apr 2023 China leads rise in export restrictions on critical minerals, OECD says. "Beijing increased the number of restrictions on critical raw materials needed for electric cars and renewable energy such as lithium by a factor of nine in the 11 years to 2020". https://www.ft.com/content/198b6824-21d6-4633-9a97-00164d23c13f [Source]
• 08 Mar 2022 1) Dangerous moments in politics happen when the opinion of the political class coalesces & all debate is ended. So it has been with the new religion of Net Zero. Under this banner, whilst virtue-signalling, the UK has allowed North sea oil & gas exploration to nigh on disappear. [Source]
• 14 Dec 2021 Cross party MPs call for Value for Money Review of the #EdmontonIncinerator construction. Letter to @GregHands Minister for Energy, Clean Growth & Climate Change ahead of the vote by the @connectNLWA to award the contract to the only remaining bidder, Acciona, due on 16th Dec. [Source]
• 22 Nov 2021 In its rush to net-zero, the West is aligning itself with Chinese human rights abuses. Much of our 'green industrial revolution' will be fed by materials produced in Xinjiang, where forced labour is rife. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/22/rush-net-zero-west-aligning-chinese-human-rights-abuses/ [Source]
• 25 Oct 2021 Our commitment to net zero has become quasi-religious. It needs to be scrutinised properly https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/25/commitment-net-zero-has-become-quasi-religious-must-scrutinised/ [Source]
• 04 Mar 2020 Interesting article by @OwenPaterson - Forget wind turbines. Here's how we can meet Net Zero without derailing the economy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2020/03/04/forget-wind-turbines-can-meet-net-zero-without-derailing-economy/ via @telegraphnews [Source]
• 03 Oct 2019 Stupid & dangerous stunts like this totally undermine the debate put forward by people who genuinely want to address climate change. @DVLA this vehicle appears to be untaxed... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/03/extinction-rebellion-spray-fake-blood-treasury-building/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw via @telegraphnews [Source]