31 Jul 2023 Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood MP (@SorchaEastwood) Seems to be an area where a number of people with similar interests converge. It tends to be:
Trump was robbed
Climate change is a hoax
Farage is just a concerned citizen
Don't tax the mega rich as I too might be rich some day
Brexit was our finest hour
Small boat obsession???? [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood MP (@SorchaEastwood) @philmccarroll How would you describe it? A slight issue with climate? Don't take my word for it because I'm not a scientist, but all of the experts who've spent, yanno, a lifetime at this agree that there is v much a climate emergency. Unless of course that's too hyperbolic... [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Rishi Sunak MP (@RishiSunak) I’m investing in a new British industry of green technology to capture and store carbon - including sites in the Humber and Aberdeenshire announced today.
The two sites alone could support 25,000 jobs and generate over £10 billion, helping us reach net zero and grow the economy. https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1686071723660099586/photo/1 [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Jeremy Corbyn MP (@jeremycorbyn) If the Tories really cared about workers, they would kickstart a Green New Deal to create millions of jobs.
If they cared about commuters, they would take our railways into public ownership.
If they cared about security, they would tackle the climate crisis endangering us all. [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Al Pinkerton MP (@AlPinkerton) Of course, the Tories have banned onshore wind (the cheapest source of renewable energy generation); have failed to insulate homes since 2015; and scrapped zero-carbon building regs. All of which left the U.K. horribly exposed to regional geopolitics. [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Luke Murphy MP (@LukeMLabour) The gov's plans to issue more oil & gas licences will not lower energy bills, improve energy security, & sees the gov abandon any claim to climate leadership
Renewables are the quickest way to lower bills, realise energy independence and secure and create jobs
I spoke to LBC... https://twitter.com/LukeMLabour/status/1686037893309935616/video/1 [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) From offshore wind to green hydrogen, we must work together to tackle climate issues if we are to succeed in delivering Net Zero and keeping 1.5 alive. [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) On Greg Hands mythbusting, PM's press secretary says:
- "I'm not sure of that particular tweet".
- Importing is ‘more expensive for consumers’.
- NSea gas + net zero compatible, "doing all of these things collectively together should ensure that we can keep consumer bills down" https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1685949203598499840 [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Euan Stainbank MP (@Euan4FKSouth) @MonicaLennon7 How is he planning on offsetting the substantial impact of that far into the future extraction to make the UK Net Zero ambitions at all feasible? [Source]
31 Jul 2023 David Davis MP (@DavidDavisMP) The development of the Viking project will unlock billions of pounds of investment in the area, create high-quality jobs across the Humber, and will be vital in helping the UK meet our Net Zero targets. [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @MairiMcAllan: Although inexplicably late, investment in Scotland’s CCUS is welcome.
However it must never be used to justify expandin… [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @AdamBienkov: Rishi Sunak gets shirty with BBC Scotland after they ask whether he's taking a private jet to make his green energy announ… [Source]
31 Jul 2023 Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) Granting 100+ new gas and oil licences is an act of climate vandalism.
It won't lower bills or boost energy security - as this energy will be sold on global markets at global prices.
And it will undermine the urgent transition we need to cheap, renewable energy.
It's reckless. [Source]
30 Jul 2023 Andrew Rosindell MP (@AndrewRosindell) RT @JuliaHB1: Tory Prime Ministers are being "systematically dishonest" about the £1 trillion cost of Net Zero, says ex-Chancellor Lord Ham… [Source]
30 Jul 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @antonioguterres: Heatwaves already kill thousands of people every year.
Without sustained investments in climate mitigation & adaptati… [Source]
30 Jul 2023 Angela Rayner MP (@AngelaRayner) RT @Ed_Miliband: The cost of living crisis can only be beaten by tackling the climate crisis.
That’s what Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan w… [Source]
30 Jul 2023 Douglas Alexander MP (@D_G_Alexander) This week the World Meteorological Organization & the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service released data that confirmed that July 2023 is set to be the hottest month ever recorded in human history. This programme asks can we meet the net zero challenge?????https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001p20w [Source]
29 Jul 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @Ed_Miliband: The cost of living crisis can only be beaten by tackling the climate crisis.
That’s what Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan w… [Source]
29 Jul 2023 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @Ed_Miliband: The cost of living crisis can only be beaten by tackling the climate crisis.
That’s what Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan w… [Source]
29 Jul 2023 Bill Esterson MP (@Bill_Esterson) RT @Ed_Miliband: The cost of living crisis can only be beaten by tackling the climate crisis.
That’s what Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan w… [Source]
28 Jul 2023 Andrew Gwynne MP (@GwynneMP) RT @haveigotnews: Rishi Sunak to discuss climate goals with King Charles at Balmoral, just as soon as he can secure an Airbus A380 to get h… [Source]
28 Jul 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @jburnmurdoch: NEW: don’t let the ULEZ chatter mislead you.
The British public is much more supportive and united on Net Zero policies… [Source]
28 Jul 2023 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) “We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.” - UN Secretary General, António Guterres.
The climate crisis is here. It is undeniable.
There is no more time for inaction, and this Conservative government has shown that they are not up to the challenge. https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1684565406797926407 [Source]
27 Jul 2023 Lewis Atkinson MP (@LewisAtkinson) @MayorJD But Jamie… in 2019 you promised that as North of Tyne Mayor you would:
“Create a Regional Energy Company owned by workers and customers. Ending energy ripoffs and investing profits in renewable energy.”
Where is it? [Source]
27 Jul 2023 Brian Leishman MP (@CllrBLeishman) Tory Cllr moaning at not getting a beer while overlooking the Pacific Ocean as a cost of living crisis rages on. Not as insensitive as his Tory MSP mate tweeting about the weather being chilly when people are dying because of climate crisis.
But still pretty insensitive though. https://twitter.com/thecourieruk/status/1684609979393638414 [Source]
27 Jul 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @UNEP: Climate litigation cases are growing worldwide.
Governments, corporations and other greenhouse gas emitters are facing lawsuits… [Source]
27 Jul 2023 Chris Bryant MP (@RhonddaBryant) RT @Haggis_UK: Lord Deben(Tory): "There are people, frankly, telling lies about climate change... & there are 3 newspapers pretending we do… [Source]
26 Jul 2023 Layla Moran MP (@LaylaMoran) @emilysmithLD@NFUBerksBucksOx We also met with @CherwellCollect to see if more can be done on the climate emergency, whether HMOs are the right solution for the housing crisis, and whether the PR9 developers could be persuaded to work together to reduce flood risk to Yarnton village. [Source]
26 Jul 2023 Andrew Griffith MP (@griffitha) The UKIB is the Government owned infrastructure bank with £22 billion of capacity to invest in Levelling up and the net zero transition. [Source]
26 Jul 2023 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @Ed_Miliband: This is a clear demonstration that the vast majority of the British people want action on the climate emergency to cut bil… [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) Those of us calling for a Green New Deal do so because we see holistic social & economic change as necessary for a just transition, and adaptation and mitigation at scale.
That same transformatory change is needed for the very political institutions that got us into this mess. [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labourlewis: 1/4 I agree with the PM.
Net zero strategy must be proportional and pragmatic.
But that proportionality and pragmatism d… [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Hamish Falconer MP (@Hamish4Lincs) I don’t want politics to be personal, I want a debate about the facts- climate change is real and inaction is neither an option nor in this city’s interest. @karlmccartney needs to do some research and give our industry the support it needs. [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) RT @ZiaWeise: This summer is what climate change looks like.
The July heat scorching the Northern Hemisphere is no longer a rare event.… [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) With deadly forest fires, devastating floods and record-breaking temperatures recorded, remember:
Just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions.
Only bold state-led policy – beginning with a Green New Deal – can avert climate catastrophe. [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labourlewis: 1/4 I agree with the PM.
Net zero strategy must be proportional and pragmatic.
But that proportionality and pragmatism d… [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) 4/4 This means:
Free and comprehensive public transport, high quality social housing, well paid care jobs, a worker-led transition for the oil and gas industry.
These are core components of a just transition. [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) Climate Action must be a top priority for any government.
Rishi Sunak can no longer sit on the fence.
Delay is hardly better than denial. If we miss the targets to halt uncontrollable Climate Change this generation of political leaders must bear the responsibility. https://twitter.com/climateappg/status/1683722433885339650 [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) Listening to @BBCr4today report on Peat Bog restoration in County Antrim and reminding us that Peat Bogs are our best carbon store on land.
To meet our nature targets and reach net zero we must work hard to reverse our nature depleted nation on land and sea. [Source]
25 Jul 2023 Bill Esterson MP (@Bill_Esterson) RT @CSkidmoreUK: Net zero isn’t a crusade.
It has always been a proportionate and pragmatic approach to protecting our environment and ec… [Source]
24 Jul 2023 Liam Byrne MP (@liambyrnemp) RT @David_McNair: 1⃣ A GROWING REALIZATION
More and more of the world’s leading finance experts have recognised that climate change demand… [Source]
24 Jul 2023 Rupa Huq MP (@RupaHuq) RT @DrAyshaRaza: As if we need any further stark reminders of our climate changing abruptly. Green policies, real ones not just the greenwa… [Source]
24 Jul 2023 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) Embarrassing debate on 2030 petrol/diesel car ban in last few days - totally ignoring why this isn't the hard bit of the net zero transition:
- electric cars are CHEAPER to run
- richer households buy new cars
This isn't where net zero gets difficult household finance wise [Source]
23 Jul 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @GNDRising: The economy and the climate crisis are not separate issues.
Choosing to ditch policies which would tackle poverty and the c… [Source]
23 Jul 2023 Cat Smith MP (@CatSmithMP) RT @_PhillipBlack: Time is running out to have your say about Lancaster City Council's Climate Emergency review of our local plan. Details… [Source]
22 Jul 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @antonioguterres: Heat waves are becoming more frequent, more intense and longer – all due to the impacts of the climate crisis.
#Clima… [Source]
22 Jul 2023 Louise Haigh MP (@LouHaigh) RT @POTUS: Last year, we passed the Inflation Reduction Act – the largest investment to combat the climate crisis in the history of the wor… [Source]
21 Jul 2023 Sarah Champion MP (@SarahChampionMP) RT @AJEnglish: Countries in a region rattled by climate change could experience acute food shortages due to Russia exiting the grain initia… [Source]
21 Jul 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) A redistribution of wealth must be central to any successful climate transition.
From ULEZ to heat-pumps, low & middle income earners cannot foot the bill for a Green New Deal.
The climate crisis is driven by the emissions of the wealthiest.
Time for them to do their bit. [Source]
21 Jul 2023 Antonia Bance MP (@antoniabance) @LindyWilliams3@ali__samson Climate action is necessary. We are not the US - both Tory and Labour voters agree. That is precious for progress on climate action.
The problem with Ulez is implementation, not the existence of action on climate change per se. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater [Source]
21 Jul 2023 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) @kateferguson4 National rows about the pace of heat pump roll out and who pays for installations - if the Conservatives in opposition move into a more overtly anti-net zero measures position than they have in government [Source]
21 Jul 2023 Priti Patel MP (@pritipatel) RT @LanceForman: The CEO of NatWest says that ‘tackling climate change is the central pillar of her leadership?
Why? She runs a bank - sh… [Source]
21 Jul 2023 Tony Vaughan MP (@anthonymv1) @TartanKentLady@lizmcshane@FH4Labour@Keir_Starmer Hi there. My point was about how the issues facing rural and town areas can be answered by Labour. And on other issues too- Workers rights Bill, green energy company, abolishing Rwanda etc etc etc - these are real alternatives to the current awful Tory government. [Source]
21 Jul 2023 Luke Akehurst MP (@lukeakehurst) @AntacsB I'm not convinced ULEZ is "effective anti climate crisis politics". It looks like tokenistic tinkering at the edges that alienates people to me. We need more carrots and fewer sticks when it comes to getting people to change mode or emissions of transport. [Source]
20th July 2023
20 Jul 2023 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) The last week has shown clearly that the climate crisis has now arrived across the world
Extreme heat in Arizona, which has just had its 20th day in a row above 43C, China’s hottest ever day, countries across Europe reaching over 45C and wildfires raging
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66229057 [Source]
19 Jul 2023 Jim McMahon MP (@JimfromOldham) RT @Ed_Miliband: Businesses are sounding the alarm ????
The Conservatives have given up on climate leadership
Their failure means higher ene… [Source]
19 Jul 2023 Chi Onwurah MP (@ChiOnwurah) RT @Ed_Miliband: Businesses are sounding the alarm ????
The Conservatives have given up on climate leadership
Their failure means higher ene… [Source]
19 Jul 2023 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @Ed_Miliband: Businesses are sounding the alarm ????
The Conservatives have given up on climate leadership
Their failure means higher ene… [Source]
19 Jul 2023 Bill Esterson MP (@Bill_Esterson) RT @Ed_Miliband: Businesses are sounding the alarm ????
The Conservatives have given up on climate leadership
Their failure means higher ene… [Source]
19 Jul 2023 Barry Gardiner MP (@BarryGardiner) RT @CommonsEAC: How can the UK's forests help the #Government to meet its #netzero and #environmental goals while also producing #timber?… [Source]
19 Jul 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @FerretScot: ????NEW: The claim that Scotland is halfway to net zero has been made by the SNP and prominent Scottish Government figures in… [Source]
19 Jul 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @HumzaYousaf: Scotland’s net-zero future is being held back by UK Govt dithering & delay on carbon capture & storage.
In Peterhead I me… [Source]
19 Jul 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @CarbonBubble: Germany ???????? has cut GHG emissions faster than the UK since the 2015 #ParisAgreement, further undermining the Sunak govt’s… [Source]
17 Jul 2023 Andrew Mitchell MP (@AndrewmitchMP) Good news – figures released today show our aid spending is planned to increase next year - from £7.4bn in 23/24 to £8.3bn in 24/25. We’re committed to spending ODA to help in humanitarian crises, protect women and girls, tackle climate change, and support the most vulnerable. https://twitter.com/GdnPolitics/status/1680971258014625796 [Source]
17 Jul 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @LeaskyHT: As conspiracy theorist Neil Oliver denies climate change perhaps time to remember that he remains a fellow of the Royal Socie… [Source]
15 Jul 2023 James Cartlidge MP (@jcartlidgemp) RT @DefenceHQ: ???? “It’s critical the aviation sector plays its part in delivering the UK’s net zero commitment”
???????? At #RIAT23 Defence Minis… [Source]
14 Jul 2023 Jeremy Hunt MP (@Jeremy_Hunt) 3/6) So it’s the perfect site for our very first investment zone, with Sheffield Uni and Boeing coming together with the LA's to make an anchor investment into R&D on the first zero emissions airplane - attracting a further £1.2 bn of investment and 8,000 jobs in the years ahead. https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Hunt/status/1679802093912072192/photo/1 [Source]
13 Jul 2023 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) Great to hear the UAE vision for #COP28 with 1.5 degrees and protecting the most vulnerable at the centre.
We look forward to working with them for an ambitious COP28, as we strengthen energy and climate security across the globe ???? [Source]
13 Jul 2023 Antonia Bance MP (@antoniabance) @deargodwhatnow Yes! It is totally in line with our traditions to prioritise preserving jobs (a just transition is a negotiated transition, as Sharon Graham says) and to dismiss direct action. [Source]
12 Jul 2023 Josh Dean MP (@joshdeanuk) Pleased that Hertford Town Council is leading on tackling the #ClimateCrisis, with Cllrs voting unanimously to declare a #ClimateEmergency at Monday’s Full Council. Having just marked the hottest day on Earth, it’s vital we are doing all we can to protect health and biodiversity. https://twitter.com/joshdeanuk/status/1679083466799951872/photo/1 [Source]
11 Jul 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @ScotNational: Do you know your circular economy from your just transition? How about your green growth from your degrowth?
In this art… [Source]
10 Jul 2023 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) RT @jojohubba: Great session at the DESNZ's #NetZeroCouncil today to start the roadmap for the race to #NetZero for British business and th… [Source]
10 Jul 2023 Perran Moon MP (@Perran4CRH) @Geo_Projects@GELtd Thank you so much for showing me round this vitally important business for #Cornwall renewable transformation. Quality job creation, #renewable energy security & #innovation All of which will be supported & promoted under a new @UKLabour govt. [Source]
09 Jul 2023 Liz Jarvis MP (@LizJarvisUK) @AdamBienkov Calling people who want to see positive action on the climate emergency “tree-huggers” - in 2023! - really shows a total lack of vision. Worrying. [Source]
08 Jul 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) @GavinCurnow It's their wedding day. He's no longer in office. What next, orange soil thrown on his coffin at his funeral?
I suspect it's the kind of protest that is counterproductive in the eyes of those who need persuading of the need to do more on climate change. [Source]
08 Jul 2023 Andrew Griffith MP (@griffitha) RT @sdnpa: Healthy chalk streams help mitigate climate change.
Streams emit and store carbon and methane.
In deeper streams, microorganis… [Source]
07 Jul 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @antonioguterres: This week, the world broke the daily temperature record.
This is yet another demonstration that climate change is out… [Source]
05 Jul 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @serauk: Room set up and well underway for our event- How Labour can work with Pacific leaders to combat climate change?
Speakers incl… [Source]
05 Jul 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) At @instituteforgov event, @CSkidmoreUK had this withering verdict on the @RishiSunak net zero approach:
“You’ve got to keep on making the case, and at the moment there is a vacuum and silence. That’s the challenge – if you’re not willing to show leadership, someone else will.” [Source]
05 Jul 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) @grantshapps In a speech in Brussels yesterday, net zero review author @CSkidmoreUK warned UK missing out on global race to leverage jobs/growth from cheaper greener energy. "Go big, or go home" he said.
He also said that despite Brexit UK/EU had to align in key areas like emissions trading [Source]
05 Jul 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) In Liaison Cttee PM suggested 5th/6th carbon budgets were too far away to worry about now, “it is hard to predict the exact shape of the UK economy in 2037”. This despite the statutory climate change cttee warning those future plans had "markedly" gone backwards in past yr. [Source]
05 Jul 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Even Conservatives fear the PM is dithering not delivering on net zero, and all for job opportunities and economic benefits it presents - while others race ahead.
Energy Bill (Report Stage expected last week) may now be delayed to autumn.
Ditto Hunt response to US/EU subsidies [Source]
04 Jul 2023 Danny Chambers MP (@DannyVet) It was a reminder, if we ever need one post Covid-19, that understanding and implementing #OneHealth is key to facing the challenges of pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, climate change, sustainable food production and poverty alleviation [Source]
03 Jul 2023 Steve Race MP (@steve_race) Climate change is real - and it will affect the UK, as it will every other country.
Without government leadership, we’re going to sail past 1.5d increase in temperature.
We need to decarbonise our economy, change our behaviours, and speed up technological innovation. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1675852588783218688 [Source]
02 Jul 2023 Sarah Champion MP (@SarahChampionMP) RT @Reuters: ICYMI: Global energy demand rose 1% in 2022 and fossil fuels accounted for 82% of supply. Renewable energy sources, excluding… [Source]
02 Jul 2023 Jayne Kirkham MP (@JayneKirkham4) ….The last @UKLabour government brought in the #Climate Change Act in 2008 and the next Labour government has bold plans on renewable energy, insulation and carbon-free electricity. We need a step change, no longer fiddling around the edges. /4 [Source]
02 Jul 2023 Jayne Kirkham MP (@JayneKirkham4) …minister Zac Goldsmith resigning in frustration because he says his government is not treating climate change with urgency. And 2030 looms for Cornwall without the progress being made on retrofitting homes, transport & renewable energy that we need to hit the target…./3 [Source]