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VoteClimate: MPs' Climate-Related Tweets - July 2022
MPs' Climate-Related Tweets - July 2022
We've identified 403 Twitter posts by MPs related to action on climate change during July 2022.
30th July 2022
30 Jul 2022 Stephen Doughty MP (@SDoughtyMP) RT @CardiffCityFC: It’s so good to be back! ????
An entertaining opening day clash ends in victory for the #Bluebirds at CCS! GET IN! ????
#Cit… [Source]
29 Jul 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) Profits are being made off the back of people's misery.
Govt must:
1. Fix our broken energy market: Creating a people-owned provider & flooding the market with cheaper renewable energy
2. Invest in insulating homes
3. Increase the #WindfallTax & use to help pay energy bills now. https://twitter.com/Miatsf/status/1552950705572429825/video/1 [Source]
29 Jul 2022 Anna Turley MP (@annaturley) @MarinaHyde@allanjenkins21@Tatlermagazine This is my personal favourite (by favourite I mean hernia-inducing) quote:
‘I was asked to work on the COP26 climate change summit (quite cleansing for the brand after Vote Leave and Johnson’s No 10)’ [Source]
28 Jul 2022 Grahame Morris MP (@grahamemorris) RT @We_OwnIt: 9 of the top 10 countries leading on renewables have a publicly owned renewable energy company: ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Only 1 do… [Source]
28 Jul 2022 Jeevun Sandher MP (@JeevunSandher) This deal is much better than expected. It gives humanity a fighting chance of getting to Net Zero
This bill means a 40% emissions reduction by 2030.
Bit short of the 50% needed to put the US on a 2050 Net Zero path, but close enough for us to get over the line https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1552406051915538432 [Source]
28 Jul 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) 1. Increase the #windfalltax on energy companies to reduce rising bills for those at the sharp end of the crisis.
2. Fix our broken #energymarket: creating a collectively-owned provider that takes customers of bust companies & floods the market with cheaper #renewableenergy
2/3 [Source]
27 Jul 2022 Alison Taylor MP (@Alison_S_Taylor) @AYScotlandViews@CadworksGlasgow A real pleasure to help host this career insight day into #CRE . With the climate emergency upon us; new office buildings like @cadworks have a significant role in creating a path to net zero. Great to hear this cohorts views on how property can help shape future outcomes. #COP26 [Source]
27 Jul 2022 Carla Denyer MP (@carla_denyer) The best way of bringing down the #CostOfLiving and tackling the #ClimateCrisis is to invest in insulating homes, massively ramping up renewable energy, while providing people with the immediate financial support they need now. #Fracking is an expensive and dangerous distraction. [Source]
26 Jul 2022 Ruth Cadbury MP (@RuthCadbury) Yesterday Rishi Sunak was talking about the importance of home insulation to tackle the climate crisis.
Yet after a decade of Conservative rule many homes are still being built without adequate insulation.
When is the Government going to offer more than warm words? ???? https://x.com/RuthCadbury/status/1551869377359790080/video/1 [Source]
26 Jul 2022 David Chadwick MP (@LibDemDavid) 4) Neither was strong on climate change. Truss said she would scrap the green levy - an 8% charge on our energy bills used to fund renewable energy projects so that we can wean ourselves off our reliance on natural gas. Soaring gas prices are the cause of rising energy bills. [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Luke Murphy MP (@LukeMLabour) The derisory 2 minutes & the focus on individuals the BBC gave to climate crisis in the Tory leadership debate was as poor as the answers
Surely ask them not what we can do, but what they’d do to address the greatest challenge of our generation
#BBCOurNextPM [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) Big picture: both candidates happy to avoid rows on almost anything (Boris/Net Zero/NHS) and focus on the “when you cut taxes” dividing line that’s dominated the contest so far [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Taiwo Owatemi MP (@TaiwoOwatemi) RT @LukePollard: The debate on ear rings and suits gets more airtime than the climate crisis. This is awful.
The planet is burning and ne… [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Luke Pollard MP (@LukePollard) The debate on ear rings and suits gets more airtime than the climate crisis. This is awful.
The planet is burning and neither of these awful choices have a plan to cut carbon and protect nature. #BBCOurNextPM [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) Longer discussion of expensive suits than net zero… on which neither wants a row either [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) Net Zero - no-one really wants a row or to set out what it will take to deliver the targets we’re theoretically committed to [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Josh Fenton-Glynn MP (@JoshFG) “I would take advice from my two young daughters on climate change.”
I think there are people who know more about climate policy than your daughters Rishi! [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) Not one of them know what our top three decarbonisation priorities are. We need to decarbonise our buildings, transport and industry. The only thing they mentioned was energy efficiency - a program the Conservatives have failed to deliver time and time again. #BBCOurNextPM [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) The Green Party believes it is essential that public services are publicly owned, both in order to guarantee the level of service required to meet society’s needs and help tackle the climate crisis, and to ensure good pay and conditions of those working within them. [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labourlewis: I think it’s a good start that we’ve pledged £28bn for climate investment. But to ensure billions of this don’t end up wit… [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) I think it’s a good start that we’ve pledged £28bn for climate investment. But to ensure billions of this don’t end up with a handful of execs & shareholders, we must plug those ‘leaks’ and ensure key sectors are publicly owned and any ‘profits’ reinvested in key secrtors [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Bill Esterson MP (@Bill_Esterson) RT @SkyNews: "A plan for net-zero needs growth, a plan for growth needs net-zero" says Sir Keir Starmer - adding that if we "fail to tackle… [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Maria Eagle MP (@meaglemp) RT @SkyNews: "A plan for net-zero needs growth, a plan for growth needs net-zero" says Sir Keir Starmer - adding that if we "fail to tackle… [Source]
25 Jul 2022 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) The @uklabour plan for growth:
???? Public Investment - our Climate Investment Pledge
???? Reform - replacing business rates
????????♀️Prosperity for All - stronger employment rights and fair pay
???? Partnership and Long Term Commitment - a new statutory Industrial Strategy Council [Source]
24th July 2022
24 Jul 2022 Al Pinkerton MP (@AlPinkerton) @seat2d We need to recognise that, with climate change accelerating, the mass movement of people seeking asylum because of famine, drought, climate-related conflict, etc. is only going to increase, and international cooperation on a continental (and global scale) will be essential. [Source]
22 Jul 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @RachelReevesMP: When it comes to tackling climate change, the Tories are dangerously detached from reality.
Labour will provide the l… [Source]
22 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @RachelReevesMP: When it comes to tackling climate change, the Tories are dangerously detached from reality.
Labour will provide the l… [Source]
22 Jul 2022 Stephen Kinnock MP (@SKinnock) No steel industry can decarbonise without govt support, so why have Sunak, Truss & rest of Tory cabinet been dragging their feet?
Do they think we shld stop making steel & import from China? This wld ⬆️ emissions, offshore jobs & weaken national security!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-62262290 [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Gareth Thomas MP (@gareththomasMP) Shocking details about just how early Big Oil (Exxon) knew their business model was causing #climatechange and just how far they went to cover up the truth:- ‘Big Oil v The World’ @BBC [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @UKLabour: Tory leadership rivals are running away from the UK's net zero pledge despite record breaking UK temperatures.
Labour woul… [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Alex Norris MP (@AlexNorrisNN) RT @UKLabour: Tory leadership rivals are running away from the UK's net zero pledge despite record breaking UK temperatures.
Labour woul… [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Feryal Clark MP (@FeryalClark) RT @UKLabour: Tory leadership rivals are running away from the UK's net zero pledge despite record breaking UK temperatures.
Labour woul… [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) RT @chrischirp: Seems we have to learn to live with poverty, inequality, low wages, pandemics and planet threatening climate change.
I gu… [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @KerryMP: Today I was granted an Urgent Question on the Govt's Net Zero Strategy being found to be unlawful.
How embarrassing that Mini… [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) The Govt will now have to present a revised Net Zero Strategy by next March.
Let's hope they get the numbers right this time.
But I am not getting my hopes up given the state of the Tory leadership contest and the scepticism of the candidates about Net Zero. [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) Today I was granted an Urgent Question on the Govt's Net Zero Strategy being found to be unlawful.
How embarrassing that Ministers have to be dragged to court to be told what we have all known for months:
That they are failing on climate change. https://x.com/KerryMP/status/1550065804707782658/video/1 [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Lisa Smart MP (@Lisa_Smart) Stockport Council are running the Stockport CAN Fund to support residents, communities and schools to tackle climate change to create a greener future for everyone. Groups can apply for £500, or more. [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Stephen Morgan MP (@StephenMorganMP) Government must urgently ramp up measures to adapt to climate change, with a proper plan to make sure UK buildings are properly ventilated and insulated. 3/3 [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Stephen Morgan MP (@StephenMorganMP) The High Court has found that Ministers have acted unlawfully in approving a Net Zero Strategy that does not even put the government on track to meet its own unambitious targets. 1/3 [Source]
21 Jul 2022 Marsha De Cordova MP (@MarshadeCordova) The climate crisis has already arrived in London. We will have to adapt to more extreme weather, but we will also have to be more ambitious in tackling climate change – including being tougher on those corporations responsible for the most emissions.
https://x.com/LBC/status/1549651245148823553 [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Jon Trickett MP (@jon_trickett) RT @jon_trickett: In the last couple of days we have all felt the full force of climate change.
But its impact is not felt equally.
Cli… [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @Channel4News: “He was so appalled by his own leadership contest, he threatened to resign.”
Shadow Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband… [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) Deeply disappointed to see the Government has given go ahead for Sizewell C.
The country needs investment in renewables and insulation at scale to address the cost of living and climate crises, not outdated technology that will be a drain on bill payers for the next 75 years [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Gareth Thomas MP (@GarethThomasMP) RT @DrSimEvans: NEW
The UK government's Net-Zero Strategy breached the Climate Change Act, the High Court has ruled
I've read the full 59… [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Mike Amesbury MP (@MikeAmesburyMP) RT @LGAcomms: Decarbonising our social homes can play a key role in tackling the #ClimateEmergency and addressing fuel poverty.
However,… [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Andrew Western MP (@AndrewHWestern) RT @bevcraig: Often the case against govt investment in fighting climate change is the cost.
But after widespread economic disruption over… [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Helen Morgan MP (@HelenMorganMP) Fuel prices are breaking family budgets, we're in the midst of a climate emergency and people are still forced to fill up their cars to access the basics.
Meanwhile the Government has ignored every funding bid Shropshire has put in.
Levelling Up? What Levelling Up? [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @PaulBrandITV: Lots of debate about the costs of limiting climate change. But also have to factor in the costs of not limiting climate c… [Source]
20 Jul 2022 Liz Jarvis MP (@LizJarvisUK) Sincerely hope any Conservative MP who has suggested delaying the 2050 net zero target is watching the footage of the homes destroyed by wildfires yesterday. This must be a wake up call for the Government. [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Helena Dollimore MP (@helenadollimore) Grateful to our emergency services and all who are working flat out to keep people safe in these conditions ????
Our climate emergency is very real. We must face up and take action now ???? [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Andrew Pakes MP (@andrewpakes_) One of the things that makes me angriest about Boris is that he keeps going on about how UK is a leader on climate change. Yet he has consistently failed to invest in the skills, technology & strategy to live up to that promise #ClimateCrisis [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Jon Trickett MP (@jon_trickett) RT @_OliviaBlake: It has now been 1,175 days since Parliament passed a #ClimateEmergency motion.
Since then the Government has been missin… [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) @RobertCollard3@technogogo@KarinKMacDee@SusanPrice4 We do need to think about issues in the round but i would not want to hear people saying just cut the grass when actually our longer grass Aida the climate crisis & biodiversity emergency … where close to homes this needs to be managed but our open spaces are not alongside homes [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Dawn Butler MP (@DawnButlerBrent) RT @SamTarry: London is *literally* burning ????
The #ClimateCrisis can no longer be ignored by sceptics. Inaction by successive Governments… [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Cameron Thomas MP (@LibDemCam) If you're not already terrified by the impact of the climate emergency, take this into consideration:
This is your new normal.
There's no going back from this for several years.
Any action we can yet take to stave off a catastrophe, is only to stop it from getting worse. [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Hilary Benn MP (@hilarybennmp) RT @SkyNews: "This is due to climate change" says Lord Turner, Senior fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking - adding "we have b… [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Imran Hussain MP (@Imran_HussainMP) You'd think with this week's extreme weather, everyone in Britain would support strong action on the climate emergency.
Think again. A new poll has found that among Tories, tackling climate change is their last priority.
It's time we kicked them all out of power. [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @SamTarry: London is *literally* burning ????
The #ClimateCrisis can no longer be ignored by sceptics. Inaction by successive Governments… [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Freddie Van Mierlo MP (@fivanmierlo) Oxfordshire Tories think it’s not our job to tackle the climate emergency at county. I say it is.
????Coningsby 40.2C
????Heathrow 40.2C
????Kew Gardens 40.1C
????Northolt 39.9C
????Cambridge 39.9C
????St James’s Park, London 39.9C [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Andrew Pakes MP (@andrewpakes_) Today I’ve been discussing work of @ProspectUnion members in energy & renewables. On our hottest day ever. #ClimateCrisis is hitting us now. Being green needs to be about people & planet - with a #JustTransition & quality jobs supporting quality infrastructure #JoinAUnion [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @Ed_Miliband: Rishi Sunak ❌
Liz Truss ❌
Kemi Badenoch ❌
Penny Mordaunt❌
None of these candidates treat the climate emergency with the s… [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @SkyNews: 'He's in a sulk'
Shadow climate change sec Ed Miliband says it is "absolutely bizarre" the Prime Minister has been absent fro… [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) Rishi Sunak ❌
Liz Truss ❌
Kemi Badenoch ❌
Penny Mordaunt❌
None of these candidates treat the climate emergency with the seriousness it deserves.
No wonder the Conservatives' own climate chief is threatening to quit.
You can't trust the Tories to tackle the climate crisis https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1549298158882226176 [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Chi Onwurah MP (@ChiOnwurah) I have no confidence in this govt because the candidates to replace the PM are in a race to abandon #netzero. As Britain boils we know if we do not meet the #climatechallenge, the Sahara is coming for us, & if they think Net Zero is expensive try costing the alternative! #VONC https://x.com/ChiOnwurah/status/1549350883762339841/video/1 [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Al Pinkerton MP (@AlPinkerton) @olimould The most shocking thing is that some people, despite the science and the evidence of their own eyes, still refuse to accept that anthropogenic climate change is real, is happening now, and is the single greatest crisis that we must address as a human civilisation. [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Josh Fenton-Glynn MP (@JoshFG) The whole country are seeing what living with climate change looks like. In Calderdale we have had to be prepared for the impact of climate change because being hit with repeated.
We must build climate resilience and take meaningful steps to slow its impacts #NetZero https://twitter.com/JoshFG/status/1549321176023015424/photo/1 [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Max Wilkinson MP (@mpmwilko) @Alishacmlewis I reckon @raechel_kelly from @PlanetChelt is one of our wisest local climate emergency campaigners. She has a very sound take on this sort of thing and once told me an excellent story about why we shouldn't try to ban families enjoying burgers. Similar vibes with the ice rink. [Source]
19 Jul 2022 Liam Byrne MP (@liambyrnemp) RT @Haggis_UK: Ed Miliband - "We should be all in on tackling this climate emergency... but we are getting climate illiteracy from the Tory… [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Nick Thomas-Symonds MP (@NickTorfaen) RT @LBC: Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds says investment in renewable energy should be 'fundamental to what the go… [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Rachel Reeves MP (@RachelReevesMP) What does that mean in practice?
One example is that we'd use our Climate Investment Pledge to drive forward our Warm Homes Plan.
That means insulating 2 million homes a year - getting bills down by £400 every year & curbing emissions, vital for tackling rising temperatures. [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Rachel Reeves MP (@RachelReevesMP) We cannot fail this crucial challenge.
And if we don't grasp the opportunities from decarbonising, we'll also miss out on building good jobs and world-leading industries of the future here in Britain.
With our Climate Investment Pledge, that is what a Labour government will do. [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Rachel Reeves MP (@RachelReevesMP) If we don't face up to the climate crisis and act now, it will end up costing far more in the future.
The OBR says inaction could see debt spiral to 289% of GDP.
There is no more time to waste, and it’s fiscally irresponsible to do so. [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Imran Hussain MP (@Imran_HussainMP) Conservative MPs tell us that we can't afford to take action on climate change, saying it would "bankrupt" the country.
As our economy grinds to a halt during this heatwave, we see the real costly action is doing nothing.
It's time for a Green New Deal. [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Henry Tufnell MP (@TufnellHenry) Not only is the heatwave a blasting reminder of the need for action on the climate emergency, but in the meantime we also need proper health and safety protections at work starting with a maximum working temperature. #Heatwave2022 #UKHeatwave [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) 9/The climate crisis is the biggest long-term task we face as a country.
If anyone standing for high office tells you we should draw back, junk our commitments, or slow down, they are endangering our safety and that of future generations.
It should be completely disqualifying [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) 4/We also need to recognise the truth that whatever we do as a country to tackle the climate crisis, we also need to adapt to the extreme weather already caused by our actions: that means adapting our infrastructure, homes, workplaces, care homes, hospitals, schools. [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) 3/That’s why tackling the climate crisis is the responsible choice: for our safety, because of the costs if we don't act, and because a green energy sprint is the cheapest way to power the UK.
It isn't ‘unilateral economic disarmament’, but national economic leadership. [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Ellie Reeves MP (@elliereeves) The weather over the next few days shows us that we can't afford to ignore the climate crisis.
And yet all through this Tory leadership contest little to nothing has been said about reaching net zero.
Labour would not turn it's back on the biggest long-term threat we face. https://x.com/elliereeves/status/1549048926141284352/video/1 [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) We should also put an end to new fossil fuel projects, stop businesses from funding them, & co-create an international #GreenNewDeal.
There is no time to waste. The climate emergency is happening now & there is absolutely no excuse for continuing this dangerous negligence.
5/6 [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) We cannot get to #netzero on the cheap, but delaying action bears a huge economic and human cost. The government should immediately start investing at least £28bn a year to help us transition.
3/6 [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Jeevun Sandher MP (@JeevunSandher) Strategies, snazzy documents, ambitious targets, none of them will get us to Net Zero
We need the cash to stop emitting carbon. And we need the Treasury to start paying up
(3/3) [Source]
18 Jul 2022 Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) If we're going to limit climate change, then lots more of the economy is going to have to be under public ownership - including transport and energy. An economic model based on the endless pursuit of profit got us into this mess. It won't get us out of it. [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Janet Daby MP (@JanetDaby) RT @willnorman: People keep telling me that because the UK had a heatwave in 1976, climate change is overhyped.
So here’s the global heat… [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @Ed_Miliband: Tonight we learn that even the Tories don't trust the Tories to tackle the climate emergency.
Alok Sharma is right: the C… [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Georgia Gould MP (@Georgia_Gould) Wildfires raging across Europe, millions displaced in Bangladesh, extreme heat putting lives at risk in the U.K, and the climate crisis is a footnote to the Conservative leadership #itvdebate.
Failure to take urgent action puts all of our futures at risk. [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) You can tell no Conservative leadership candidates attended Sir Patrick Vallance's briefing on climate.
@RishiSunak even warned against acting too quickly. Unbelievable on eve of first ever red weather warning.
When will they wake up to climate emergency?
#itvdebate #heatwave [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Dave Robertson MP (@DaveR_Lichfield) "More of the same" Sunak
"I signed (bad) trade deals, you can trust me" Truss
"I'll do it differently, but not gonna say how" Mordaunt
"Ignore climate change, save money" Badenoch
"Didn't you know I was in the army?" Tugendhat
I am not optimistic about the next PM [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) We have cost of living crisis, soaring Covid, NHS & social care at breaking point & climate emergency happening around us
Yet Conservatives prefer their favourite old tunes of service cuts, ignoring human rights & new fossil fuels. Why are they harking back to 1980s?
#itvdebate [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Taiwo Owatemi MP (@TaiwoOwatemi) RT @Ed_Miliband: Tonight we learn that even the Tories don't trust the Tories to tackle the climate emergency.
Alok Sharma is right: the C… [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Dave Robertson MP (@DaveR_Lichfield) I wonder if anyone has thought to try and find a link between the high temperatures this week and the rampant cost of energy at the moment?????
Both are functions of the same problem: fossil fuel use. We can only solve the long term issues here by decarbonising the economy [Source]
17 Jul 2022 David Baines MP (@DavidBainesStH) The weather doesn’t care if you believe in climate change or not, or if you survived 1976 or not. It couldn’t care less. The fact is our buildings, homes, transport & infrastructure isn’t designed for temps approaching 40c, so please take care of yourself and others this week ???????? [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) When climate change deniers say we had a heatwave like this in 1976 show them this.
We shouldn't have political leaders debating whether to abandon Net Zero 2050 commitments.
In fact we need to get there much much faster.
We need to treat climate change as the emergency it is. https://x.com/RichardBurgon/status/1548638858786521089/photo/1 [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Steve Race MP (@steve_race) @jonburkeUK Thank you Jon! Action on the climate crisis was a big part of my promise to residents, so looking forward to carrying that through ???????? [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) Quick fire penny - no to Scotland, won’t stop channel 4 privatisation, not prepared to make difficult decisions on net zero, won’t rule out employing Johnson #NotPenny ???????? [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) And another difference is more of our politicians are prone to this fact-warping farrago. That's why the Tory leadership race contenders understanding of net zero benefits is worrying. Still time for sense tho. [Source]
17 Jul 2022 Anna McMorrin MP (@AnnaMcMorrin) RT @Ed_Miliband: Tonight we learn that even the Tories don't trust the Tories to tackle the climate emergency.
Alok Sharma is right: the C… [Source]
16 Jul 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @Ed_Miliband: Tonight we learn that even the Tories don't trust the Tories to tackle the climate emergency.
Alok Sharma is right: the C… [Source]
16 Jul 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @Ed_Miliband: Tonight we learn that even the Tories don't trust the Tories to tackle the climate emergency.
Alok Sharma is right: the C… [Source]
16 Jul 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @KarlMathiesen: The role of climate change?
Unequivocal, according to scientists.
“Climate change is driving this heatwave, just as it… [Source]
16 Jul 2022 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) The coming days should convince all but the most obstinate that the climate crisis is already upon us.
We are not remotely ready for what is coming.
To avoid catastrophic climate breakdown we must disenthrall ourselves from fossil fuel business as usual. [Source]
15 Jul 2022 Anneliese Midgley MP (@anneliese_midge) Lord. Some of these Tory candidates saying they will slash & delay stuff to tackle the climate emergency while we are literally sitting here SCORCHIO becoz of it. #C4LeaderDebate [Source]
15 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Most politicians won't be around in 2050, she says. Such a depressing level of debate.
@PennyMordaunt and @TomTugendhat at least offering case for green jobs/energy security
@RishiSunak reassuringly solid (tho hasn't in Treasury shown much interest in net zero until now) [Source]
15 Jul 2022 John Lamont MP (@John2Win) Penny is right about the need to meet net zero to protect our energy security. That’s become even more necessary since Putin invaded Ukraine
@PennyMordaunt
#CH4LeaderDebate
#PM4PM [Source]
15 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Oh my god, @KemiBadenoch wants to delay net zero. Some MPs really don't understand the scale of the climate emergency.
How many more 40 degrees days do they need to finally get it? [Source]
15 Jul 2022 Tim Farron MP (@timfarron) RT @gm_stone: Delighted to hear Tory Net Zero sceptic John Hayes MP on the Radio 4 PM programme telling the nation that “I remember the sum… [Source]
15 Jul 2022 Ruth Cadbury MP (@RuthCadbury) We are already seeing the impact of the climate crisis around the world & in the UK.
We need to see the Government acting with much greater urgency- whether it's improving EV charging, rolling out a national home insultation program or supporting renewable energy like wind. 2/2 [Source]
15 Jul 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @Ed_Miliband: Please stay safe and listen to the warnings.
This is yet another reminder that the climate crisis is here.
We owe curre… [Source]
15 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) Please stay safe and listen to the warnings.
This is yet another reminder that the climate crisis is here.
We owe current + future generations a Green New Deal to protect our communities, cut energy bills, create good jobs, and bring down emissions.
https://x.com/metoffice/status/1547882528832270337 [Source]
15 Jul 2022 Marsha De Cordova MP (@MarshadeCordova) Unprecedented temperatures will put unprecedented pressure on our public services. Climate change is with us. The Government needs to ensure the NHS and other key services have the resources they need to fulfil their duty of care.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62169184 [Source]
14 Jul 2022 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) RT @James_BG: Badenoch’s latest comments on net zero presented as more nuanced, but for me that’s being extremely generous. The idea no one… [Source]
13 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) @TomTugendhat saying he'd put the net zero target back will dismay so many Tories who can see this is clear win-win for green jobs and energy security. [Source]
13 Jul 2022 Carla Denyer MP (@carla_denyer) @GWPF_org@DeSmogUK It's clear that the climate and environment are simply not safe in Conservative hands.
This is why we need an election, so the public (who - polling shows - have a stronger appetite for bold climate policies than Tory *or* Labour MPs) can vote for #ClimateEmergency action! [Source]
13 Jul 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @Ed_Miliband: Away from some of the absurd, illiterate nonsense being spouted in the Tory leadership contest, net zero is the right and… [Source]
13 Jul 2022 Imran Hussain MP (@Imran_HussainMP) As the weather reaches a level of record heat, Tory leadership contenders are lining up to trash their own Net Zero target and push for less action against climate change.
Their agenda isn't just wrong, it's bad for your health. [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Facile discussion on @BBCNewsnight re net zero.
If @PennyMordaunt wants to cut green levies by shifting them *onto general taxation* (as recommended by CPS + @CEN_HQ) that wd be green AND help poorest. But if she wants to ditch them altogether, that's not exactly her brand. [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Edward Morello MP (@EdwardMorelloWD) Tune in tomorrow to see which candidates will left to happily ignore the cost of living crisis and climate emergency as they scrap it out for the chance to be the last conservative prime minister for a decade. [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) Temperatures set to record the hottest day ever in the UK.
Climate Change pure and simple.
Yet none of the contenders for Conservative leadership even talk about Climate Emergency.
Do voters really want us to head towards disaster with eyes closed?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62133171 [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @KerryMP: At #BEISQs today I quoted two of the Tory leadership hopefuls on their attitudes to net zero (Suella Braverman and Kemi Badeno… [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Olivia Bailey MP (@livbailey) Growth. Labour is gunning for the Tory record on growth, which has been too low for the last 12 years. Labour’s got a wide range of policies it'll want to talk about – from the climate investment pledge to its plans to rejuvenate local economies. [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Munira Wilson MP (@munirawilson) An ambitious, nationwide insulation programme is essential to meeting our net-zero target, creating jobs and cutting bills.
In wake of damaging rhetoric on the climate crisis from Tory leadership hopefuls, I called on the Minister to invest now to lower household emissions. https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1546850788206575616/video/1 [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) At #BEISQs today I quoted two of the Tory leadership hopefuls on their attitudes to net zero (Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch) but the others aren't any better. The Minister, when asked what assurances she could give on future climate leadership, just said 'no comment'. https://x.com/KerryMP/status/1546847205683871744/video/1 [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Helen Morgan MP (@HelenMorganMP) .@uksciencechief’s sobering briefing last night made clear just how serious the climate emergency is.
Words are not enough – we need major action from the Government.
Yet sadly none of the Conservative leadership hopefuls decided this key briefing was worth their time. [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) And I haven’t heard any of them talk about the impact of climate change or investing in adaptation in their pitches, not even via their tax plans which could be transformational for things like fuel poverty, public transport, jobs! https://t.co/fZrQquEFIn [Source]
12 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Sunak's Treasury net zero review warned of costs of inaction (debt spiralling to 289% of GDP by end of century). But will he finally show a real interest?
@trussliz has @KwasiKwarteng (who 'really gets it' on climate change) + @SimonClarkeMP (green jobs 4 red wall) on her team [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) @dutaut 'The briefing is an updated version of a presentation Sir Patrick gave to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2020, when Sir Patrick outlined the latest scientific thinking on climate change and its impacts.'
Ie the basic facts of the overwhelming scientific consensus [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Richard Foord MP (@RichardFoordLD) Attended a very informative briefing on climate change this afternoon from @uksciencechief.
Clear we need to do far more to tackle the climate emergency that’s gripping our planet before it’s too late.
Good to also hear from my old colleague Stephen Belcher from the Met Office. [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) And the latest heatwave brings it all home. As @metoffice said today "Our research shows human-caused climate change has set us on a course to see temperature extremes in UK that would be highly unlikely under a ‘natural’ climate." [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Many Tory MPs are committed to tackling climate change, but no leadership candidate has yet had the skill or courage to defend net zero or reframe it as energy security/cheaper bills.
Still time for them to do so, with most formal launches yet to come. [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) This is an important warning about staying safe in the heat and also that, as well as tackling the climate crisis, we have so much to do as a country to adapt our homes, workplaces, and infrastructure to deal with extreme heat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62117348 [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Cat Smith MP (@CatSmithMP) I joined All Party on Climate Change briefing on the latest climate science, led by Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Advisor. Sir Patrick presented his revised version of the presentation which the PM described as his “Road to Damascus” moment on climate change. https://x.com/CatSmithMP/status/1546509774661242880/photo/1 [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Includes this: Theresa May's last major act as PM was to commit into law a promise to get the UK to net zero by 2050.
She'd announced resignation + the Tory leadership race had started.
So much for the Cabinet manual edict of 'no significant new policies' in caretaker period? [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) Out of all of the Conservative leadership candidates not a single one has mentioned climate change.
This is the biggest issue facing the world and all they are doing is talking about tax cuts and making amateur logos. [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Gareth Snell MP (@gareth_snell) Fighting for jobs, ending 'fire & rehire' and attacks on wages and t&cs, improving health & safety, allowing electronic and workplace strike ballots, a proper living wage, a just transition to green manufacturing jobs & restoring the union learning fund should all be a priority. [Source]
11 Jul 2022 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) @wordsbypage Yeah! High Bus fares disproportionately affect the poor - if we are going to deal with the cost of living crisis, narrowing the gap in terms of social mobility & prosperity and deal with climate change public/mass transport is vital [Source]
11 Jul 2022 David Baines MP (@DavidBainesStH) I know they’re trying to appeal to a narrow section of the population for the leadership election, but it is terrifying to hear contenders for our next PM talk excitedly about further huge cuts to services, trashing net zero, and culture war rubbish. We deserve so much better. [Source]
07 Jul 2022 Chi Onwurah MP (@ChiOnwurah) RT @MarshallJulian: Are you a woman in science, addressing air quality & climate change?
If so, consider applying for this $5k prize:
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07 Jul 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) .@SteveBakerHW tells the BBC he wants to be PM.
“In last 7 of the 12 yrs I’ve been in Parliament, I have provided leadership + organisation through really massive crises, whether it's been Brexit or COVID, race relations, net zero...Of course I’m seriously considering standing.” [Source]
05 Jul 2022 Ben Spencer MP (@DrBenSpencer) RT @TransportfSE: “For net zero to work we have to use innovation, technology and science to get us where we need to be” - Dr Ben Spencer,… [Source]
05 Jul 2022 Luke Pollard MP (@LukePollard) I want to see every bus in #Plymouth and across the country become a zero emissions bus.
To make that a reality, we need a clear plan from Ministers to build electric and hydrogen buses in Britain and build the infrastructure necessary to support a new green bus fleet. https://x.com/LukePollard/status/1544285010634612740/video/1 [Source]
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04 Jul 2022 Ruth Cadbury MP (@RuthCadbury) Electric vehicles are crucial in our efforts to tackle the climate crisis.
Yet the Government are scrapping the plug-in grant which helps residents switch to electric vehicles.
Why aren't the Government helping those who want to switch?
Watch my question below ???? https://x.com/RuthCadbury/status/1543988947843440641/video/1 [Source]
04 Jul 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) @danielrportis@ACJSissons@theCCCuk agree EVs are a straight invest to save exercise. On HPs I would be far less confident... Put it this way, if we didn't need to decarbonise we wouldn't be imminently shifting on mass to HPs given our housing stock [Source]
04 Jul 2022 Matt Rodda MP (@MattRodda) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour’s plans will bring down bills, create jobs and help achieve net zero
A Labour government will re-energise Britain’… [Source]
04 Jul 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) @danielrportis@ACJSissons@theCCCuk That's massively too optimistic. Lots of what we're doing is investing to largely maintain the status quo (just with less carbon...). If cheap abundant electricity materialises then we'd be talking, but being confident that'll happen in the near future is... bold [Source]
04 Jul 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) @danielrportis@ACJSissons@theCCCuk We're not literally going to spend £28bn on better lofts obviously. Read the next tweet - the basic point is govt is going to be spending to decarbonise our infrastructure more than to transform our economy into a green manufacturing powerhouse [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Chi Onwurah MP (@ChiOnwurah) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour’s plans will bring down bills, create jobs and help achieve net zero
A Labour government will re-energise Britain’… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) Not just the housing stock, but funding the huge invest to save project that net zero amounts to (houses, energy generation, electric vehicle infrastructure and the rest). Collectivising those up front costs is what social democrats are going to be about in the decades ahead [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour’s plans will bring down bills, create jobs and help achieve net zero
A Labour government will re-energise Britain’… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Sarah Jones MP (@LabourSJ) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour’s plans will bring down bills, create jobs and help achieve net zero
A Labour government will re-energise Britain’… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Matt Rodda MP (@MattRodda) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour will re-energise our economy with good jobs and investment to meet our climate objectives
We will create 30,000 j… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Rachel Hopkins MP (@rach_hopkins) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour will re-energise our economy with good jobs and investment to meet our climate objectives
We will create 30,000 j… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour will re-energise our economy with good jobs and investment to meet our climate objectives
We will create 30,000 j… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Bill Esterson MP (@Bill_Esterson) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour will re-energise our economy with good jobs and investment to meet our climate objectives
We will create 30,000 j… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Afzal Khan MP (@Afzal4Gorton) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour’s plans will bring down bills, create jobs and help achieve net zero
A Labour government will re-energise Britain’… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Keir Starmer MP (@Keir_Starmer) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour’s plans will bring down bills, create jobs and help achieve net zero
A Labour government will re-energise Britain’… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Luke Pollard MP (@LukePollard) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour’s plans will bring down bills, create jobs and help achieve net zero
A Labour government will re-energise Britain’… [Source]
03 Jul 2022 Peter Kyle MP (@peterkyle) RT @jreynoldsMP: Labour’s plans will bring down bills, create jobs and help achieve net zero
A Labour government will re-energise Britain’… [Source]
02 Jul 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @GreenpeaceUK: ???? NEW: The chairman of the government's official climate change advisory group has branded the proposed new Cumbrian coal… [Source]
01 Jul 2022 Gareth Thomas MP (@gareththomasMP) All those who recognise that #climatechange is real and that urgent action is needed to tackle global warming will share concern at this…. Unprecedented 32.5C in the Arctic Circle during month of smashed global temperature records #climatecrisis https://apple.news/Az3uGBsHoR46lLbbMyhx2Yg [Source]