29 Jul 2019 Ian Sollom MP (@IanSollom) @FossilFreeCam@rodcantrill@EdwardJDavey@KatieCritchlow More focus on direct action to increase the costs of fossil fuel production and reduce consumption is needed to get emissions to net zero asap and I'm looking forward to seeing this in the @LibDems new policy paper on tackling climate change at Conference in September. [Source]
29 Jul 2019 Ian Sollom MP (@IanSollom) @FossilFreeCam@rodcantrill I'm supportive of divestment and joined the excellent recent webinar arranged by @EdwardJDavey and @KatieCritchlow exploring how this can be implemented in local gov.
But I'm also clear that divestment is only a very small part of what we need to do to combat climate change. [Source]
28th July 2019
28 Jul 2019 Phil Brickell MP (@Phil_Brickell) It’s also the latest example of why we must show leadership in tackling climate change, moving to a net zero carbon economy sooner than 2050 and encouraging our allies & partners around the world to do so. [Source]
28 Jul 2019 Phil Brickell MP (@Phil_Brickell) Once the water reaches inner city Manchester it has nowhere to go, hence the problem. There’s no natural drain off, no flood plain, no obstacles to slow the flow. As climate change leads to increasingly volatile weather, this must be tackled as soon as possible @DefraGovUK [Source]
24 Jul 2019 Claire Young MP (@ClaireforTAY) Pleased that we got started this morning on working out how we're going to tackle the Climate Emergency that we've declared in South Glos - vital that we get on with it [Source]
22 Jul 2019 Max Wilkinson MP (@mpmwilko) I asked a follow up too. There’s further good news: the council is going to consider adopting a more ambitious formula to tackle the climate emergency in future years. If that’s included in future budgets, we’ll have more and more money available to fight the climate emergency. [Source]
22 Jul 2019 Will Forster MP (@WillForster) Pleased to say that during this Thursday's Full Council meeting, I am calling on #Woking Borough Council to declare a #ClimateEmergency and plan to go carbon neutral by 2030! [Source]
17 Jul 2019 Nicholas Dakin MP (@NicDakin55) @GeorgeMonbiot Again I agree. In terms of CO2, E10 takes approx 700k cars off the road. Reduces fossil fuels in cars we do have. It’s not the final solution but an interim one. Doubt E10 will slow drive to electric, but recognising most cars are still petrol, it helps deal with the situ now. [Source]
16 Jul 2019 Tom Collins MP (@tomcollinsworcs) Very pleased that Worcester City Council has declared a Climate Emergency. Now we must take emergency action, greening and transforming our city for sustainability and biodiversity.
One planet, one moment to act. [Source]
14 Jul 2019 Alan Mak MP (@AlanMakMP) RT @Jeremy_Hunt: Yesterday I was in Essex and Cambridge meeting voters who care about a range of issues from climate change to foreign poli… [Source]
10 Jul 2019 Ian Sollom MP (@IanSollom) Damning report from @theCCCuk on UK progress on emissions reductions.
Setting the ambition of net zero emissions is meaningless if not followed up with actions.
Yet just 1 of 25 critical policies delivered. Utterly pathetic from a government only able to focus on Brexit. https://twitter.com/theCCCuk/status/1148729040611598336 [Source]
09 Jul 2019 Will Forster MP (@WillForster) Delighted that @SurreyCouncil has unanimously agreed to declare a #ClimateEmergency! By #Surrey declaring a climate emergency and setting out a process to meet this challenge, it takes a vital step in combating climate change. [Source]
09 Jul 2019 Will Forster MP (@WillForster) #Surrey County Councillors are now debating a motion to declare a #ClimateEmergency - I'm pleased to be seconding this call. Climate change is unquestionably one of the biggest issues of our time, that's why @SurreyCouncil should declare a climate emergency and take action now! [Source]
05 Jul 2019 Claire Young MP (@ClaireforTAY) This afternoon we had a cross-party working group looking at the Climate Change motion @sgloslibdems have submitted for the next council meeting [Source]
02 Jul 2019 Lee Dillon MP (@LeeRJdillon) Proud to have voted tonight @WestBerkshire on true cross party motion to declare Climate Emergency and aim to be Carbon Neutral by 2030. @WBerksLibDems proposed 7 ways we can start straight away. [Source]
02 Jul 2019 Ellie Chowns MP (@EllieChowns) Good to talk on @bbchw just now about #European democracy. West Mids now has a #Green MEP because a) people want action on the #ClimateCrisis, and b) the EU Parliament has a much more democratic voting system than the U.K. Our U.K. politics is broken, as the Tory pantomime shows. [Source]
02 Jul 2019 Edward Morello MP (@EdwardMorelloWD) Removing the finance that makes operating polluting companies viable is a good way to combat climate change. A better way is to make businesses responsible for the true cost of their environmental impact, for that you need a carbon tax.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48808311 [Source]
01 Jul 2019 Max Wilkinson MP (@mpmwilko) We heard evidence that it all comes back to the climate emergency, which is clearly high on the agenda. And there was reassurance that there’ll be studies into CO2 output etc when decisions are made. [Source]