Neil O'Brien MP: Climate Timeline

• Timeline
• Votes
• Speeches
• Tweets
• Contact

Neil O'Brien's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Neil O'Brien in the last 90 days

See Full History

• 18 Dec 2024: Tweet

  RT @ClaireCoutinho: Oh dear. Either Labour is pursuing the highest carbon tax in the world which would kill British industry. Or they're… [Source]

• 04 Dec 2024: Tweet

  RT @stianwestlake: Characteristically provocative piece by Dieter Helm questioning UK Net Zero strategy. Includes this passage on whether… [Source]

• 19 Nov 2024: Tweet

  I met with local farmers this morning. They're concerned not just about family farms being broken up by inheritance tax, but also other Budget measures including the hefty Carbon Tax on fertiliser - which their competitors in other countries won't have to pay. https://x.com/NeilDotObrien/status/1858883795820118379/photo/1 [Source]

• 19 Nov 2024: Tweet

  I met with worried several generations of local farmers this morning. They're concerned not just about family farms being broken up by inheritance tax, but also other Budget measures including the hefty Carbon Tax on fertiliser, which their competitors in other countries won't… https://x.com/i/web/status/1858883682066366796 https://x.com/NeilDotObrien/status/1858883682066366796/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Nov 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  It was sad to see the scrapping of the dualling of the A1 through Northumberland. Land and houses had been bought up to allow for the work, which makes it even worse. I was astonished to see that in the Budget, although there was lots of capital for other things, including the different things that the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Ed Miliband) wants to do on net zero, there was an overall reduction in capital transport spending. I was really surprised by that. I do not really understand what the logic was.

  Full debate: School Transport: Northumberland

• 30 Oct 2024: Tweet

  People investing their own money = better for growth than Reeves "investing" Of £24.5bn capital spend increase 23/24-25/25: +£7bn on net zero schemes (mainly carbon capture) -£300m CUT to transport +£500m more capital in aid spend +£600m DEFRA (big thing=peatland resoration) https://x.com/NeilDotObrien/status/1851679519565885637/photo/1 [Source]

• 30 Oct 2024: Tweet

  People investing their own money is better for growth than Reeves "investing" Of capital spending increase 23/24-25/25: +£7 billion on net zero schemes (mainly carbon capture) -£300m CUT to transport +500m more capital in overseas aid +600m DEFRA (big thing=peatland resoration) [Source]

• 21 Oct 2024: Tweet

  If Ed Miliband does ever produce a costing of his Net Zero Grid by 2030 plan, we'll need to check against the reality on the ground - which is proving more expensive than assumed. https://twitter.com/aDissentient/status/1846488014203048063 [Source]

• 21 Oct 2024: Tweet

  If Ed Miliband does ever produce a costing of his Net Zero Grid by 2030 plan, we'll need to check agains the reality on the ground - which is proving more expensive than assumed. https://twitter.com/aDissentient/status/1846488014203048063 [Source]

• 18 Oct 2024: Tweet

  As a political wheeze to try and legitimise a massive debt-fuelled splurge they are going to set up an "Office for Value for Money". Yet Ed Miliband won't even publish a costing of his mad plan for a Net Zero grid by 2030. Irony is on life support. https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1847176855029244324 [Source]

• 13 Oct 2024: Tweet

  This week I asked Ed Miliband if he would publish a costing of his plans for a net zero grid (a costing was commisioned by @ClaireCoutinho). He said work on the costing was "ongoing" and made no commitment to publish it. https://x.com/NeilDotObrien/status/1845383454839447577/video/1 [Source]

• 13 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Superb longread on energy policy by @Jonathan__Leake and @mattotele. Quotes industry sources saying like extension for reactors will not be significant, making Ed Miliband dash for net zero grid by 2030 even more expensive. ???? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/10/13/why-age-of-energy-rationing-is-looming-for-britain/ https://x.com/NeilDotObrien/status/1845382149232292244/photo/1 [Source]

• 11 Oct 2024: Tweet

  And there are a variety of environmental reasons why you might think a net zero-obsessed government would want to do more in our cities: energy use and emissions are lower in cities because of denser housing (which use less heat) and lower usage of car transport. [Source]

• 8 Oct 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  The previous Secretary of State commissioned the Department to produce a full economic costing for getting to a fully decarbonised renewables-based grid by 2030, as the Secretary of State wants. That is obviously the sort of information that should be placed before the House so that we can have an informed discussion. It may be a good thing to do, but we should obviously know what the cost is. When will the Secretary of State publish that information?

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

• 04 Oct 2024: Tweet

  We have loaded up our economy with many different demands. We want to spend on being a world leader in aid & defence & public services & to cut the cost of living. The demand to also be a world leader in paying to decarbonise is just one of many competing demands on our economy. [Source]

• 04 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Instead, we could have been & still could be more like France. If we build a big slug of nuclear that is likely to be a cheaper and less risky way to decarbonise than creating a grid that is incredibly dependent on intermittent wind and as-yet-non-existent storage technologies. [Source]

• 04 Oct 2024: Tweet

  The dash for a net zero grid by 2020 will mean the (already high) costs of energy in the UK will go even higher, as we have to start paying for VERY expensive storage, on top of the cost of rapid renewable rollout. [Source]