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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Jayne Kirkham

• 15 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @Ed_Miliband: COP29 is a chance for Britain to show climate leadership on the global stage. This government believes that climate secur… [Source]

• 14 Oct 2024: Tweet

  @JeffMar82600484 Yes, but it’s not set up yet! Funnily enough it takes more than 100 days to set up a public Co and invest in wind farms, national grid etc 2 provide cheaper renewable energy. When we have an running state energy company that has had time to make investments, bills will reduce. [Source]

• 5 Sep 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Turning to the topic of this debate, there is so much to be excited by. As well as Cornwall’s potential for onshore wind, we have 20% of Europe’s requirement for critical minerals and geothermal energy beneath our feet, buried in our granite. We only have to look at a horizon dotted with the ruins of engine houses to know that the people of Cornwall are more than happy to dig for their treasure. Falmouth is a town with its face turned to the sea. The port still has a very busy harbour and docks, which have businesses servicing both military and commercial ships, as well as hosting cruise and leisure vessels. But there is potential for so much more, and the port of Falmouth is poised to take advantages of a new generation of offshore wind production in the Celtic sea. With the support of the new energy company GB Energy, the £1.8 billion ports fund and investment in the skills training we so desperately need, our young people will be able to grasp with both hands the well-paid jobs of the future, while securing our own home-grown energy and facing down the challenge of climate change—a challenge that is so important to a place like Cornwall, which stares the impacts of the changing climate in the face every day. We were the first large rural authority to declare a climate emergency and the 2030 net zero target. Now, we will play our part in getting the country to meet a similarly ambitious target. Falmouth’s time truly has come again as part of the Government’s mission to become a clean energy superpower.

  Full debate: Great British Energy Bill

• 23 Jul 2024: Tweet

  On migration in boats - alongside the new Border Security Command, a commitment of £84 million for projects in Africa and the Middle East to tackle the root causes: conflict, climate change, extreme poverty. Then the Home Secretary on border security - the eye-watering…/3 [Source]

• 21 Jul 2024: Tweet

  This is something that has been on the cards for a long time. We pre-empted it at #Cornwall Local Government Pension Scheme by investing 7.5% of our fund in local impact investments in affordable housing and green energy. https://twitter.com/emmaforwycombe/status/1814956451267239965 [Source]

• 18 Jul 2024: Tweet

  RT @Chris4SN: The use and sourcing of critical metals like lithium is essential for achieving net zero and greater energy independence for… [Source]

• 03 Jul 2024: Tweet

  @janeleig @MVTFWD Yes. And tackling it with new public company GB Energy could also bring investment & jobs to Cornwall. I was the councillor who proposed Cornwall’s Climate Emergency & Carbon zero target in January 2019. [Source]

• 01 Jul 2024: Tweet

  …in Falmouth for nearly twenty years and I am the Labour Group Leader on Cornwall Council: the first rural local authority to declare a Climate Emergency, which I proposed and pushed through; where I also won £3.5million for mental healthcare in Cornish secondary schools;…./3 [Source]

• 17 Jun 2024: Tweet

  Good to take an hour off knocking doors to attend the Launch Event for the Pre-16 Engineering & #Renewables Programme At @MarineSchool The GCSE Level course is starting for 14 x 14 yr olds in Sep. They’ll learn the basics of engineering and how to apply it to renewable energy. https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1802828002948227311/photo/1 [Source]

• 06 Jun 2024: Tweet

  Ed Miliband came to #Cornwall yesterday as the likely next Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero to see the potential of our renewables in #Cornwall. Cornwall should be central to green energy investment and Labour’s new public energy company, GB Energy, will do that. https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1798592995153035660/video/1 [Source]

• 05 Jun 2024: Tweet

  A really brilliant couple of days with @Ed_Miliband in #Cornwall showing him some of our innovations in #renewableenergy which are great opportunities for our proposed new public company GB Energy. He saw ground source heat pumps, #geothermal energy, #floatingoffshorewind …/1 https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1798478913393578091/photo/1 [Source]

• 05 Jun 2024: Tweet

  Good to have @Ed_Miliband in #Cornwall to see how we can help the U.K. get to net zero while also creating good, well-paid jobs & boosting Cornish businesses. Cornwall will be the epicentre of the renewables revolution! https://twitter.com/kensaheatpumps/status/1798370896165347595 [Source]

• 08 Apr 2024: Tweet

  invested into providing affordable housing in #Cornwall & renewable energy production. Now it’s finally happening! Soon people in #Cornwall will be living in houses in Cornwall built with our own money. Fantastic investment in Cornwall’s future. https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1777457822147489796/photo/1 [Source]

• 20 Mar 2024: Tweet

  RT @CoopParty: When your community directly owns a renewable energy project, you can decide where the profits are invested. Our plans for… [Source]

• 08 Mar 2024: Tweet

  I wrote a column on Monday - I thought the Tories would nick Labour policies & use them for a pre-election tax cut rather than to reduce NHS waiting lists, increase dental appointments, fund green energy and breakfasts in primary schools, as we planned. And they did. https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1766236376557625372/photo/1 [Source]

• 06 Mar 2024: Tweet

  Rather than a panicky pre-election tax cut, a @UKLabour govt would have used the proceeds of closing the non-dom tax loophole to cut NHS waiting lists and increase NHS dental appointments, invest in homegrown renewable energy and give breakfasts to primary school children…/2 [Source]

• 10 Feb 2024: Tweet

  @JustTransitionW @CoopParty @UKLabour No climate pledges ditched. 2030 clean power, wealth fund, GB energy all still remain and others. Which ons are you saying are ditched? It’s only the figure not the pledges or the investment [Source]

• 02 Nov 2023: Tweet

  ports to make them renewable ready; development of nearby battery factories to use our lithium; work to upgrade the national grid; as well as investment into our renewable energy sources and the training and skills for the hundreds of people who will be needed to work in…/9 [Source]

• 02 Nov 2023: Tweet

  mean we can be at the centre of innovation in clean, renewable energy from wind to tidal. By developing our geothermal sources, 190 degree Celsius steam can be converted into electricity or used to heat homes. Cornwall’s re-emerging industries need a supportive government…/7 [Source]

• 15 Oct 2023: Tweet

  Really pleased and proud that our #Cornwall Local Government Pension Fund (the committee of which I chair) will be investing in renewable energy here in the south west. Bringing jobs, investment and clean energy.../1 https://www.schroders.com/en-gb/uk/institutional/media-centre/schroders-greencoat-raises-%c2%a3330-million-for-renewable-infrastructure-fund-from-uk-local-government-pension-schemes/ [Source]

• 14 Oct 2023: Tweet

  Thank you #Chacewater Community Energy Group for inviting me to speak at your #GreenEnergy Debate today. https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1713221645429563433/photo/1 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Boilers. New houses would have been net zero in 2016 had there been a Labour government. Cameron cancelled it. Now Sunak has cancelled it again. Why? It would have been cheaper & warmer for people moving into new houses if they were properly insulated & heated with renewables. [Source]

• 05 Jul 2023: Tweet

  A huge concern. #Railways are so important for our future & the fight against the climate emergency. We should be building them up not breaking them down. https://twitter.com/LouHaigh/status/1676249734552363011 [Source]

• 02 Jul 2023: Tweet

  ….The last @UKLabour government brought in the #Climate Change Act in 2008 and the next Labour government has bold plans on renewable energy, insulation and carbon-free electricity. We need a step change, no longer fiddling around the edges. /4 [Source]

• 02 Jul 2023: Tweet

  …minister Zac Goldsmith resigning in frustration because he says his government is not treating climate change with urgency. And 2030 looms for Cornwall without the progress being made on retrofitting homes, transport & renewable energy that we need to hit the target…./3 [Source]

• 02 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Can’t believe this was almost 4.5 years ago. The LibDems watered down their climate motion to a commitment only to write a report in 6 months & I proposed to add an amendment to declare a Climate Emergency & set a 2030 target for carbon neutrality…/1 https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/demand-council-declare-climate-emergency-2453106 [Source]

• 28 Jun 2023: Tweet

  We are losing the race against the climate emergency with this Conservative government. Labour has a serious plan with serious investment into renewable energy and retrofitting homes. If we don’t take real action now, we won’t keep temperature…./1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66032607 [Source]

• 20 Jun 2023: Tweet

  A cornerstone of Labour’s plans to tackle climate change, boost renewable energy and lower energy bills is our pledge to insulate 19 million homes.#Cornwall https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1671034407166115844/photo/1 [Source]

• 13 Apr 2023: Tweet

  …who will be instrumental in Cornwall being at the heart of the green transition to clean power that a Labour government have promised to invest in by 2030. Labour have strong policies on combining combatting climate change with economic growth and our huge investment…/2 [Source]

• 13 Apr 2023: Tweet

  It was fantastic to have @darrenpjones (Chair of the Business Select Committee) and @KerryMP (Shadow Climate Change Minister) in #Truro. They were talking to some of our cutting edge Cornish renewables businesses…/1 https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/23448944.darren-jones-labour-mp-candidates-kirkham-moon/ [Source]

• 11 Apr 2023: Tweet

  As Chair of a Local Government Pensions Committee with strict warming targets, this is a real concern. How do we know which companies are best to invest in, if we don't have the transparency to see who's heading for their climate targets and who's way off? https://www.ft.com/content/5bc9bdf5-1e13-4a53-ab90-e71d9fb6c759?segmentId=bf7fa2fd-67ee-cdfa-8261-b2a3edbdf916 [Source]

• 07 Apr 2023: Tweet

  Very productive meeting with @darrenpjones Chair of the Business Select Committee & @KerryMP Shadow Minister for Climate Change with a number of our Cornish business leaders who had a chance to explain how a Labour govt could help unlock #Cornwall’s green industrial potential. https://twitter.com/darrenpjones/status/1644266302301786115 [Source]

• 16 Mar 2023: Tweet

  @Geoffre77831787 @UKLabour The only feasible way to grow the economy is to tackle the climate emergency. [Source]

• 09 Mar 2023: Tweet

  @OfEmsworth @Geoffre77831787 @Ed_Miliband I mean the money that could come to Cornwall’s economy if we could benefit from using our potential renewable energy resources here, including FLOW. We need to maximise our resources to get to clean power by 2030 [Source]

• 02 Feb 2023: Tweet

  …a new GB Energy company, insulating 19 million homes. Shifting tack completely to tackle the climate emergency is the only way we can get out of this mess & secure our energy supply for the future. /5 [Source]

• 26 Jan 2023: Tweet

  @LizLawley2 @Perran4CRH @UKLabour @CRHLabour We've announced a "Take Back Control" bill for the first 100 days of the next Parliament. This is what Starmer said - “We will spread control out of Westminster and devolve new powers over employment support, transport, energy, climate change, housing, culture,…/1 [Source]

• 21 Jan 2023: Tweet

  The only way to growth is to tackle the climate emergency - “Labour’s Rachel Reeves is aiming to be ‘Britain’s first green chancellor’ and will call for more help with energy bills for householders and promise a massive green power programme. “ https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jan/20/labours-rachel-reeves-aiming-to-be-britains-first-green-chancellor [Source]

• 20 Jan 2023: Tweet

  We can get to economic growth by tackling the climate emergency https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1616403294665973761 [Source]

• 10 Dec 2022: Tweet

  @russmakes What do you mean how? The how is there? Invest £28bn in green energy, devolve power, set up a public energy company, Wealth Fund to invest. The business stuff all set out in cbi speeches earlier this week. It’s all there. I can send you some dense policy documents to see the how? [Source]

• 22 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Labour have a growth plan. It tackles the climate emergency & takes the opportunities that arise from it. It includes a longterm plan for energy, cutting fuel bills & making us energy secure & independent. It has an industrial strategy incl a skills plan. Time to get it out there https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1594757401277714432 [Source]

• 17 Nov 2022: Tweet

  @StuartP97208909 @TotnesCLP A public company set up to invest in renewable energy production in this country making a return for taxpayers. [Source]

• 12 Nov 2022: Tweet

  I very much enjoyed being on the panel for the Conversation about Climate Justice at All Saints Church Highertown today. #truro #ClimateCrisis https://twitter.com/RevSimonR/status/1591380885135302656 [Source]

• 10 Nov 2022: Tweet

  We will need all the renewable energy we can get. https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1590795706465677312 [Source]

• 28 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Publicly owned renewable energy https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1585900171946209280 [Source]

• 23 Oct 2022: Tweet

  The Tories only plan for growth was to cut taxes on the rich. Now that’s imploded, they have nothing to offer but cuts to public services & tax rises. Labour has a serious plan for growth that will combine with tackling the climate crisis to provide a longterm, greener future. https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1583775925145042945 [Source]

• 16 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Real, longlasting, green growth. Investment in renewable energy and a public energy company. A Wealth Fund to invest in industries to further this aim, producing real returns to taxpayers. British business is recognising the future of sustainable growth in this country. https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1581589195901923330 [Source]

• 28 Sep 2022: Tweet

  @kfecclestone 2. Setting up a new body ‘Skills England’ to oversee a national effort to upskill Britain to meet the challenges of climate change, automation and global competition…/2 [Source]

• 27 Sep 2022: Tweet

  We will own our own green energy. Can’t wait. https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1574755733735874561 [Source]

• 25 Sep 2022: Tweet

  @IsabelOakeshott Of course it is. Economic Growth through tackling climate change. It’s the only way to go. [Source]

• 17 Dec 2021: Tweet

  @TamsynWiddon @burngold @fcampbellhowes Hang on.. the greens stood in loads of seats at the Locals in falmouth against particularly green reds (Kirstie & Sinead) who lost by tiny margins. & Labour work with all groups at CC. We’ve always had to & that’s how I got the climate emergency amendment through. [Source]

• 26 Oct 2021: Tweet

  @russmakes There are other things to invest in than U.K. privatised utilities. Our LG Pension Fund has just committed nearly £100 million to invest in renewable energy & affordable housing in Cornwall. ???? [Source]

• 26 Oct 2021: Tweet

  This is actually very exciting & will deliver £90 million of investment into affordable housing and renewable energy in Cornwall. https://cornishstuff.com/ [Source]

• 18 Oct 2021: Tweet

  @shortthought So how far can you get towards net zero & what are the ‘incentives’? [Source]

• 18 Oct 2021: Tweet

  @shortthought Don’t understand why councils wouldn’t have net zero conditions on developers if they could. [Source]

• 18 Oct 2021: Tweet

  @shortthought You’re probably right. So if we were to put a net zero obligation on housing developers in our dpd & developers appealed us on it, would they win? [Source]

• 18 Oct 2021: Tweet

  @shortthought There’s a viability defence. The government pulled the commitment. Our council’s climate change DPD is woefully timid on net zero housing. Councils can’t do it if they get appealed on it and national planning doesn’t support it. We can’t do it with a govt that is hostile to it [Source]

• 18 Oct 2021: Tweet

  The government are not going to ban gas boilers after all? *Really*?! & not enough to install heat pumps. There really isn’t a commitment by this govt to decarbonise, is there? We were sold a pup. #newsnight Remember, with Labour, all new homes would have been zero carbon by 2016 [Source]

• 15 Aug 2021: Tweet

  @CornishNews Lobby the council?! I am. This is something the state should be investing in, whether locally or nationally. It’s our green energy future in Cornwall and, if we are able to store it /ever upgrade the grid, it could be exported up the line! [Source]

• 11 Aug 2021: Tweet

  @cookoomashu @mark_elton @russmakes @CornwallCouncil The climate change dpd is coming in. But I think it’s too timid on this. The ‘viability’ defence is always dragged out. [Source]

• 12 Jun 2021: Tweet

  …other areas than tourism: like renewable energy, agri-food, digital etc. Need a coffee now! 3/3 [Source]

• 08 May 2021: Tweet

  @Falmouthboy @AmyLShakespeare @CornwallCouncil Thank you! And the same goes for you, my Climate Emergency partner! [Source]

• 23 Apr 2021: Tweet

  Labour proposed Cornwall Council’s Climate Emergency declaration and the Climate Emergency is a top priority for Cornwall’s future for Labour councillors. https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1385551545148874752/photo/1 [Source]

• 15 Apr 2021: Tweet

  @RundleWayne Housing - retrofit what we’ve got and build new zero carbon ; transport - more, greener public transport- make walking/cycling the obvious option for journeys under 3 miles; get cornwall using 100% green energy & investing in it; sponsor electric bikes, put in car charging points [Source]

• 11 Mar 2021: Tweet

  This could have real benefits for Cornwall if we are able to invest in our infrastructure (maybe even the means of production of green energy). I hope the Pensions Cttee in the next administration will be similarly ambitious and forward-looking, as this is merely the start.5/6 [Source]

• 10 Feb 2021: Tweet

  2 years ago. Cornwall’s climate emergency.. https://fb.watch/3A8UQxwQyQ/ [Source]

• 17 Jan 2021: Tweet

  Cornwall's Climate Change agenda leads other parts of the country after a Labour amendment declaring a Climate Emergency and a 2030 target for carbon neutrality. Our Green Economy should be leading the way too. Cornwall needs investment leading to well-paid, fulltime jobs....5/6 [Source]

• 17 Jan 2021: Tweet

  The G7 this year will be all about the post-Covid recovery and climate change. Therefore, Cornwall is the perfect place to host. Not so much because of its stunning beauty, but because of its post-industrial history, environmental opportunities and climate change agenda. 1/4 [Source]

• 12 Jan 2021: Tweet

  @heatpolicyrich @Kate_de @CornwallCouncil @bernarddeacon Not in CC’s own house building under the HRA and HDP but we have no powers to stop private developers doing it until gas boilers prevented in 2025. I have been arguing 4 zero carbon & new climate change dpd does go some way towards it. Frustrating as they’ll all need retrofitting [Source]

• 15 Nov 2020: Tweet

  #cornwall programme on #BBC2 with @simon_reeve Tackling climate change/flooding/diversity tonight. And lovely to see Chris Jones’s beavers! [Source]

• 10 Nov 2020: Tweet

  The full report that Ed Miliband was talking about this morning. Stopping the ravages of unemployment. We've seen what that does to our people and communities and we can't afford it again. And tackling the climate emergency. We know we can't afford to put that off any longer. https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1326109053190361089 [Source]

• 04 Nov 2020: Tweet

  Today America withdraws from the Paris agreement. Biden would take them back in on day 1. Come On America. [Source]

• 25 Jul 2020: Tweet

  @Sofa_Snake Yes, they are trying with the new Climate Change DPD, but steps are small [Source]

• 08 Jul 2020: Tweet

  But where are the bold green energy schemes like in Germany? Hydrogen? Our geo-thermal, wind, tidal and solar resources are sat here in Cornwall, waiting for investment to kickstart our green industry potential. Creating new jobs as an alternative to the tourism sector. 4/4 [Source]

• 31 May 2020: Tweet

  @GrahamSmithCR Also, we need a green energy plan for cornwall to ensure Cornwall’s people benefit from our amazing natural resources like geothermal, tidal, wind & solar. [Source]

• 12 Mar 2020: Tweet

  @GrahamSmithCR For a place that has declared a climate emergency and has terrible public transport links; what do we get out of the budget? Money for a by-pass?! [Source]

• 08 Jan 2020: Tweet

  @georgeeaton A climate change conference in Abu Dhabi sounds incredible enough [Source]

• 16 Dec 2019: Tweet

  @Asterinidae Ours is pretty good. CC have put money aside, recruited officers and started on a climate change dpd. Also doing a retrofit pilot, although the numbers are small.. [Source]

• 06 Nov 2019: Tweet

  At #cornwalllocalismsummit today. Watching the legend that is Dave Potter, who is bringing the Tour of Britain to Cornwall,talk about what Helston is doing to combat the Climate Emergency. https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1192074006410776581/photo/1 [Source]

• 11 Oct 2019: Tweet

  @burngold @aapennington @BBCr4today He’s a climate change denier. Pretty much everyone disagrees with him. [Source]

• 10 Oct 2019: Tweet

  @burngold @aapennington @BBCr4today Some things are accepted fact though. Like climate change. You don’t need to provide someone like nigel Lawson to argue against it any more. [Source]

• 13 Jun 2019: Tweet

  Whales?! He obvs spent too much time talking to Charles about climate change and wildlife. And thanks for clarifying that England/UK thing. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1139155440959463425 [Source]

• 09 Jun 2019: Tweet

  @RLong_Bailey Rebecca - you are coming to Cornwall next week. Would be great if you cd meet our Labour councillors grp who successfully managed to get a climate emergency declaration through Cornwall Council. I am dep ldr. [Source]

• 22 Jan 2019: Tweet

  #newsnight Cornwall council has just declared a climate emergency https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/17376978.council-aims-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2030/ [Source]

• 22 Jan 2019: Tweet

  My amendment passed today by Cornwall Council - Cornwall declares a climate emergency. https://twitter.com/JayneKirkham4/status/1087765335997120513/photo/1 [Source]

• 02 Oct 2017: Tweet

  @McGuireDavid and roads, universities, renewable energy businesses, new yacht making premises. There is a huge list. [Source]

• 13 Sep 2017: Tweet

  Cornwall renewable energy on @BBCRadio4 now [Source]