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John Whitby's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by John Whitby

• 28 Nov 2024: Tweet

  I am proud to be working with the Labour Party to bring in a transformative set of green policies that will deliver the change needed to tackle the climate crisis and protect our planet for future generations. [Source]

• 28 Nov 2024: Tweet

  I'm grateful for the Climate Change Committee's clarification that with bold action, we can not only still hit the 2030 target, but also achieve Labour’s new goal of reducing emissions by 81% by 2035. [Source]

• 28 Nov 2024: Tweet

  The Conservative government failed to tackle the climate crisis. According to the Climate Change Committee, the plans left by the previous government would have only delivered a third of the emissions reductions required to meet the UK's 2030 climate target. https://x.com/WhitbyJmwhitby/status/1862098466735808771/video/1 [Source]

• 8 Oct 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  The dales have great historical significance. According to the Anglo-Saxon chronicles, in the 10th century, the northern kings met Edward the Elder at the Bakewell burh and chose him as father and lord, effectively creating the entity that we call England. Arkwright’s mill at Cromford is the birthplace of mass production, and of course it was powered by renewable energy. I recently met the Arkwright Society, which is restoring the site for the benefit of future generations and doing a great job. I also recently met Jamie Needle, who has taken on Masson mill, another of Arkwright’s mills. He is also concerned with the delivery of hydroelectric power from the Derwent—what goes around comes around. Stone from Derbyshire quarries was used in the reconstruction of Parliament in the 19th century, and the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, lived in the constituency, at the family residence at Lea Hurst. She said:

  I hope the days of having a reasonable expectation that one’s children will do well in life are not over, but they seem at least to be on pause. A lack of housing, a reduction in opportunity due to political decision making, unrestrained social media and a climate crisis mean that my children are entering adulthood with much greater uncertainty than I did. As a foster carer of teenage children for 24 years, I know how tough things are for young people in general, but they are much harder for young people leaving care now than they were just a few years ago. Local authorities are running on fumes, so the support has diminished, and unfortunately the prejudice against care-experienced young people still persists. The new Government must work towards fixing the broken children’s social care market, address the lack of placement sufficiency, and end the profiteering from vulnerable children that is driving our local authorities to the brink of bankruptcy.

  Full debate: Farming and Food Security

• 28 Jul 2024: Tweet

  Cromford, the birthplace of mass production. And all powered by renewable energy! https://twitter.com/WhitbyJmwhitby/status/1817535414686642396/photo/1 [Source]

• 07 Nov 2020: Tweet

  It’s a great day for humanity and the planet. The lying, racist, corrupt, misogynistic, climate change denying, would be absolute monarch has been defeated by a guy that is essentially decent, fair and inclusive, so basically the polar opposite of Trump. Democracy has been saved. [Source]

• 23 Jun 2019: Tweet

  These 3 girls have been prevented from attending their school prom, because they attended the climate protests. We should be rewarding, not punishing them. Last I heard, there was a climate emergency! Sign the Petition! https://www.change.org/p/mr-p-mayland-and-govening-bodies-outrageous-punishment-given-to-pupils-attending-youth-action-on-climate-change-protest?recruiter=933307733&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=ad9d89cf-0725-4b9 [Source]