31 Dec 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @SiobhanADM: First--- I am really proud of my work as a Pacific negotiator on securing the loss and damage finance facility at COP27 thi… [Source]
30th December 2022
30 Dec 2022 Emma Foody MP (@efoody) Buses are the lifeblood of our communities - whether visiting family members or getting to work.
The loss of these routes makes us poorer financially, socially and is dreadful for climate change.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64117338 [Source]
29th December 2022
29 Dec 2022 Stella Creasy MP (@stellacreasy) Being publicly humiliated by Greta Thunberg for trying to goad her about climate change campaigning isn’t the most cringeworthy moment for Andrew Tate in last 24 hours.
It’s revealing his ego thinks this means she wants to sleep with him.
He’s old enough to be her father. https://twitter.com/Cobratate/status/1608209275716866049 [Source]
29 Dec 2022 Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood MP (@SorchaEastwood) Lastly, we need to grapple with a largely ageing & often generally unwell population, as well as climate crisis & economic stagnation. Future solutions will address all, not just one. It can be done, but it requires new thinking & genuine collaboration. Time has run out. [Source]
29 Dec 2022 Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood MP (@SorchaEastwood) Housing- we need more social & affordable houses that house ppl safely & provide stability for them- it helps us address climate crisis & energy problems. Create green new apprenticeships & jobs to build these homes- creating work & greener homes, healthier lives for ppl 8/ [Source]
28 Dec 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @UNBiodiversity: A massive amount of #GHG is emitted by the fashion industry every year, contributing greatly to #GlobalWarming. We need… [Source]
22 Dec 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @rach_parkes: Fossil fuel interests dominated at #COP27.
But #COP15 was different.
Hundreds of companies drowned out negative lobbying… [Source]
22 Dec 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @volker_turk: The climate crisis is a human rights crisis.
That’s clear in the photo exhibit that marked #HumanRightsDay @UN in #NewYor… [Source]
21st December 2022
21 Dec 2022 Dan Carden MP (@DanCardenMP) Burning Rosebank's oil and gas would produce over 200 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to running 58 coal-fired power stations for a year and more than the combined annual emissions of the 28 lowest-income countries in the world. [Source]
21 Dec 2022 Alex Burghart MP (@alexburghart) RT @BOCACampaign: 2/3 … which is delivering new high quality, net zero carbon use affordable housing on existing Brownfield sites for local… [Source]
21 Dec 2022 Chi Onwurah MP (@ChiOnwurah) Addressing #biodiversity loss is an essential part of addressing climate change.
But the Govt's failure to set targets on water quality & habitat protections undermined talks at #COP15.
The Secretary of State has left Nature swimming in sewage but says its Labour's fault. https://x.com/ChiOnwurah/status/1605490371970023430/video/1 [Source]
20th December 2022
20 Dec 2022 Chi Onwurah MP (@ChiOnwurah) Addressing #biodiversity loss is an essential part of addressing climate change.
But the Govt's failure to set targets on water quality & habitat protections undermined talks at #COP15.
The Secretary of State has left Nature swimming in sewage but says its Labour's fault. https://x.com/ChiOnwurah/status/1605249223464812544/video/1 [Source]
19 Dec 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @horton_official: Transport is the source of most of our emissions yet there seems to be no ambition to decarbonise. Why won’t Departmen… [Source]
17th December 2022
17 Dec 2022 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) We must treat the ecological emergency with the same urgency as the climate emergency also demands.
That's why @TheGreenParty is calling for a Rights of Nature Act to extend legal protections for wildlife and habitats and a Commission for Nature to oversee the Act’s enforcement. [Source]
15 Dec 2022 Daniel Zeichner MP (@DanielZeichner) RT @LCEF_UK: Very excited to launch today with some new evidence that finds showcasing climate leadership gives Labour a boost with voters.… [Source]
14 Dec 2022 Phil Brickell MP (@Phil_Brickell) We live in an increasingly fragile world. One threatened by climate change, Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine, the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and persecution of ethnic & religious minorities, political dissidents and LGBT communities. [Source]
14 Dec 2022 Phil Brickell MP (@Phil_Brickell) Voting to breach international law would make Britain a pariah state on the world stage. And it’d undermine future efforts to work with other nations to tackle the related issues of modern slavery, people trafficking, climate change and organised crime. [Source]
12 Dec 2022 Dan Carden MP (@DanCardenMP) RT @DanCardenMP: The were more fossil fuel lobbyists at #COP27 than the combined delegations of the 10 most climate-impacted countries.
I… [Source]
12 Dec 2022 Dan Carden MP (@DanCardenMP) The were more fossil fuel lobbyists at #COP27 than the combined delegations of the 10 most climate-impacted countries.
I have written to the Government supporting calls for safeguards to stop big polluters being given privileged access to negotiations on climate action. https://x.com/DanCardenMP/status/1602269647847493634/photo/1 [Source]
11 Dec 2022 Kirsty McNeill MP (@kirstyjmcneill) ???? It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas which means it’s been a week for reviewing progress in various things I’m involved in. Last week was @TheCCoalition AGM, looking at how we restore nature and prevent climate breakdown. ???????? [Source]
10 Dec 2022 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @pppdidsbury: Want to know more about the climate emergency. Thinking about how you can reduce your carbon footprint in 2023? #didsbury… [Source]
10 Dec 2022 Jayne Kirkham MP (@JayneKirkham4) @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]
09 Dec 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) Our strategic national lifelines are being systematically pillaged, leaving us vulnerable to the #climatecrisis
9 water companies paid out £65.9bn in dividends in the last 30yrs. They also took on debts of £54bn.
Pollution and Poor performance now ‘the norm’ warns Ofwat https://x.com/labourlewis/status/1601260341526114305/photo/1 [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Lauren Edwards MP (@LaurenREdwards) Thankfully got a good response and I look forward to working on the climate change sub group where hopefully I can have direct input in creating such metrics [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Lauren Edwards MP (@LaurenREdwards) Also said I think it's insufficient that when assessing the ease with which people get around Medway, only one metric related to car journeys is used. We need to be tracking cycling, walking and public transport measures if we are ever to meet our climate change goals! [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Manuela Perteghella MP (@MP4Stratford) By approving a new coal mine in Cumbria in the era of the climate emergency, the first to be opened in Britain in 30 years, the Tories have shown their true colour, and it's not green.
Fossil fuel friendly and bent on destroying our planet.
#CumbrianCoalMine
#ClimateEmergency [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Clive Efford MP (@CliveEfford) RT @Miatsf: There is no time to waste. The climate emergency is happening now, and there is absolutely no excuse for continuing this danger… [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Toby Perkins MP (@tobyperkinsmp) RT @hilarybennmp: A terrible decision. We face a climate crisis and we must get CO2 emissions down, so why on earth has Michael Gove approv… [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Tim Farron MP (@timfarron) RT @LibDems: This decision cancels out all the progress Britain has made on renewable energy.
This Conservative Government’s environmental… [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Chris Bryant MP (@RhonddaBryant) RT @alexsobel: Labour not only clearly opposes this coalmine but as climate leaders we wouldn’t, if in Government, allow this to go ahead. [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Tim Farron MP (@timfarron) This is a huge backwards step in our fight against climate change and the promised jobs will tragically be short-lived.
Instead, let's invest in long-term green jobs so we can boost Cumbria's economy and protect our environment at the same. [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Preet Gill MP (@PreetKGillMP) RT @christian_aid: A catastrophic & hypocritical decision by the Govt to approve a new UK coal mine a year after COP26 called for the phase… [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Stephen Morgan MP (@StephenMorganMP) The decision on Whitehaven colliery marks the death knell of any claims this Government has to climate leadership. It does not offer secure, long-term jobs, it won't benefit British steel producers and ignores the far greater opportunities of the green economy [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Richard Foord MP (@RichardFoordLD) RT @LibDems: The decision to approve a new coal mine in Cumbria cancels out all the progress Britain has made on renewable energy.
Rishi… [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Richard Foord MP (@RichardFoordLD) RT @timfarron: So, the government approves a new coal mine in Cumbria. A ridiculous and dreadful decision. Climate change is our biggest ea… [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Hilary Benn MP (@hilarybennmp) A terrible decision. We face a climate crisis and we must get CO2 emissions down, so why on earth has Michael Gove approved a new coal mine, especially when 85% of its output will be exported? As for steel production, we need to start making the transition to green steel now. https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/1600557196294627328 [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) There is no time to waste. The climate emergency is happening now, and there is absolutely no excuse for continuing this dangerous negligence. [Source]
08 Dec 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) The decision to go ahead with the Cumbria coalmine is a backward step that blows a hole in the government’s climate commitment. With less than a decade to take action to mitigate the worse impacts of climate change, opening mines that will need to close soon after makes no sense https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1600556209668505635 [Source]
07 Dec 2022 Munira Wilson MP (@munirawilson) RT @timfarron: So, the government approves a new coal mine in Cumbria. A ridiculous and dreadful decision. Climate change is our biggest ea… [Source]
07 Dec 2022 Helen Morgan MP (@HelenMorganMP) RT @LibDems: The decision to approve a new coal mine in Cumbria cancels out all the progress Britain has made on renewable energy.
Rishi… [Source]
07 Dec 2022 Tim Farron MP (@timfarron) So, the government approves a new coal mine in Cumbria. A ridiculous and dreadful decision. Climate change is our biggest earthly threat, yet the Tories want to dig up and burn more fossil fuels. What a pathetic failure of leadership. [Source]
07 Dec 2022 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) Energy minister @grahamstuart is so rattled by me challenging him on the pace of change towards #NetZero that he is now not allowing me to ask him a question in today’s debate on marine energy.
Deeply worrying that government doesn’t want robust debate on #ClimateChange [Source]
06 Dec 2022 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) ????Burning trees in our power stations is a scandal. It is not a renewable form of energy producing more CO2 per unit than coal.
????Britain is the biggest consumer of biomass - the government needs to urgently change its strategy to invest in real renewables like wind and solar https://x.com/Wera_Hobhouse/status/1600087888674234370/video/1 [Source]
05 Dec 2022 Jim McMahon MP (@JimfromOldham) RT @CoopParty: With prices reaching record highs, there has never been a more important time to invest in cheap, clean renewable energy pro… [Source]
05 Dec 2022 Dan Tomlinson MP (@Dan4Barnet) Back mass transit in Leeds. Sort Northern Rail. Support financial services in Edinburgh & renewable energy in Hull. And do Crossrail 2.
Clusters of economic activity across Britain will help increase our national productivity, & the wages of us all here in London and elsewhere. [Source]
05 Dec 2022 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) Alok Sharma is right. This coal mine is not only incompatible with net zero, but it will do nothing to lower energy bills, strengthen energy security or provide Cumbrians with the secure jobs they deserve.
Sunak needs to face down his backbenchers and ditch it once and for all. https://twitter.com/AlokSharma_RDG/status/1598985110879055873 [Source]
03 Dec 2022 James Asser MP (@JamesAsser) @tomnewby@rectripp I don’t know if we do but it’s something our new officer leading on this can pick up.
It is one of those tricky areas. The balance between what we need to do keep the borough safe and functional (given the money we have & soaring costs) and meeting our climate targets. [Source]
02 Dec 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @AusHCVanuatu: Australia is taking real and significant action to achieve our ambitious climate goals.
Discussed ???????? - ???????? collaboration… [Source]
02 Dec 2022 Blair McDougall MP (@blairmcdougall) @lesleys20 It’s not. It’s one of example. I could list public energy company, net zero by 2030, abolishing non-dom tax & carried interest loophole, link min wage to cost of living, extend maternity leave, ban zero hours contracts, day one rights to sick pay, holiday, parental leave & NMW [Source]
01 Dec 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) Since the Paris agreement, the world’s 60 largest banks financed $3.8 trill worth of fossil fuel projects
The vast wealth in the financial system must be used to tackle the emergencies we face - not fuel them
I convened a debate on the urgent need to green the financial system. https://x.com/_OliviaBlake/status/1598367079597498368/video/1 [Source]
01 Dec 2022 Brian Mathew MP (@BrianMathew4NW) @PercyBlakeney63 Giving a talk about it tonight in Malmesbury if your interested Andy.... Well it's on the climate emergency and various ways we are working on to solve it. Starts 7.30pm opposite the Kings Arms [Source]
01 Dec 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) I particularly enjoyed hearing from diaspora organisations working with people at the frontline of climate change. Millions of people are already affected, and we can and must learn so much from their knowledge and skills to avoid further destruction of our planet. [Source]
01 Dec 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Includes this nugget: I'm told BEIS has *again* delayed the Strategy and Policy Statement (SPS) requiring Ofgem to work towards net zero.
Draft delayed until summer 2023 cos BEIS has “other priorities”. Likely implementation 2024 – a full 5 years after net zero became law. [Source]