20 Dec 2024 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @OCCRP: NEW: As Azerbaijan prepared to host the #COP29 climate conference, it ramped up a charm offensive among influential members of t… [Source]
20 Dec 2024 Nadia Whittome MP (@NadiaWhittomeMP) The Nottingham Climate Assembly (@CANotts) is an independent community-based initiative, which believes in working collaboratively to involve local residents across Nottinghamshire in activities responding to the climate emergency. (3/4) [Source]
19 Dec 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) Water is a critical national resource. All life and ecological health depends on it.
Climate breakdown means higher risks of floods, droughts, and water shortages are looming. We urgently need proper investment to mitigate and adapt, and ensure everyone can access water. 4/6 [Source]
18 Dec 2024 Pippa Heylings MP (@pippaheylings) I was privileged to open the East of England Global Health Conference. I shared experiences from time working internationally to tackle climate change to now working as a parliamentarian to pressure the Government on the twin crises of health and climate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ0Oz9q01TU [Source]
18 Dec 2024 Tim Farron MP (@timfarron) The UK has the world's second largest tidal range after Canada, and yet we use very little of it to produce renewable energy.
We should be investing in tidal power to create jobs, improve Britain's energy security, and bring down bills for struggling families. https://x.com/timfarron/status/1869334095874130013/video/1 [Source]
18 Dec 2024 Chris Hazzard MP (@ChrisHazzardSF) Since the fall of the Berlin Wall leftist movements in Europe have lost the ability to identify and engage with imperialism & colonialism in the modern world
In light of the cascading geopolitical & climate crises it should be an imperative going forward for the European Left https://twitter.com/bbcafrica/status/1869031969977237560 [Source]
18 Dec 2024 Michael Shanks MP (@mgshanks) RT @energygovuk: Net zero offers huge opportunities for Britain.
The Climate Change Committee made 35 recommendations to UK government to… [Source]
18 Dec 2024 Olly Glover MP (@OllyGloverLD) Energy security & net zero- I asked the Minister for Energy abt incentives for community energy schemes that directly benefit local people . He explained community energy will play a pivotal role in the govt's plans for clean energy. I will cont to push for this for our community https://x.com/OllyGloverLD/status/1869320266276556961/video/1 [Source]
17 Dec 2024 Dave Doogan MP (@DaveDooganSNP) RT @SeamusLoganMP: Today I raised the important issue of CCUS funding for the Acorn Project in my constituency.
The UK Government needs to… [Source]
17 Dec 2024 Yuan Yang MP (@YuanfenYang) Generating renewable energy at home in the UK will bring down bills by ending our reliance on unstable fossil fuel markets.
By investing in local energy solutions, we’re empowering communities, driving innovation, and creating a cleaner, more sustainable future for all. https://x.com/YuanfenYang/status/1869060908372402419/video/1 [Source]
17 Dec 2024 Ellie Chowns MP (@EllieChowns) There is so much important work to be done to tackle the housing and climate crises.
Vocational education will be central to this.
To create homes and an economy fit for the future, we'll need more investment and a greater focus on attracting young people into vital trades. https://x.com/EllieChowns/status/1868948886741827661/video/1 [Source]
16 Dec 2024 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) Not content with throwing £22bn of taxpayers' money at an unproven technology which allows fossil fuel companies to carry on as usual, the Govt is underwriting their legal costs
The Govt has to start standing up to the fossil fuel companies to avert climate breakdown… https://x.com/i/web/status/1868632778645930181 [Source]
16 Dec 2024 John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) Any attempt by government to back a 3rd runway at Heathrow won’t just destroy any green credentials, it will provoke again the biggest environmental campaign this country has witnessed, making Heathrow the iconic battle ground of the climate change threat. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre784dnq5go [Source]
16 Dec 2024 Richard Tice MP (@TiceRichard) RT @NetZeroWatch: “Net zero dogma will cost jobs, drive up our bills and damage the economy… Our politicians have misled us all for many ye… [Source]
13 Dec 2024 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @ChrisGPackham: You couldn’t make it up . . . and you don’t have to . . . ‘Net Zero Sceptic’ Kemi Badenoch Accepted £10,000 from Chevron… [Source]
13 Dec 2024 Marie Rimmer MP (@MarieRimmer) Renewable clean energy is the only way to ensure that future generations thrive.
Labour is ensuring that the Liverpool City Region is part of this future with initiatives like the St Helens District Heat Network Plan granted by our Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. https://x.com/MarieRimmer/status/1867630567157903574/photo/1 [Source]
11 Dec 2024 Diana Johnson MP (@DianaJohnsonMP) RT @hhchamber: Chamber welcomes Government approval for Equinor’s CCS plans as part of £4bn scheme. The UK's first carbon storage facility… [Source]
11 Dec 2024 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) @AndyFurnival2 Again it depends on which model of public ownership you opt for? It also depends on the form of corporate governance you opt for. Having privately owned not for profits with hybrid worker/local govt/consumer/company representation is another option.
The climate crisis demands we… https://x.com/i/web/status/1866901892258840799 [Source]
11 Dec 2024 Pippa Heylings MP (@pippaheylings) RT @CommonsEAC: How is the work of UK scientists in the Antarctic deepening our knowledge of climate change?
Tune into our session this af… [Source]
11 Dec 2024 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) RT @EllieChowns: Climate change is making extreme weather more frequent and more severe.
But - as Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Chan… [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Richard Tice MP (@TiceRichard) Delighted to see Shell and BP pulling back from offshore wind projects
These projects cost firms and consumers a fortune and require huge subsidies.
Net Zero makes us poorer
Net Zero is net stupid [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) I addressed the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee's session on retrofitting homes for net zero.
Households want to see that the benefit to installing heat pumps, solar panels or insulation is a reduction in energy bills. This is what our Warm Homes Plan will deliver. https://x.com/Miatsf/status/1866556877330583707/video/1 [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Michael Shanks MP (@mgshanks) RT @NSTAuthority: In an historic moment on the journey to #netzero, we have today awarded the UK’s first ever carbon storage permit to the… [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Ellie Chowns MP (@EllieChowns) 1st: Carbon Emissions from Buildings (Net Zero) Bill
Buildings can produce a lot of carbon emissions - both in construction (what's called 'embodied carbon') and and over their lifetime ('operational carbon').
This bill would require new builds to meet net zero standards. 2/ [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Liz Saville Roberts MP (@LSRPlaid) RT @Plaid_Cymru: “The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as Storm Darragh due to climate change underscores the urgent nee… [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Anna McMorrin MP (@AnnaMcMorrin) RT @WelshLabour: More funding to address climate change.
We are committed to protecting coal tips, lessening the impacts of flooding, and… [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Llinos Medi MP (@llinos_medi) RT @Plaid_Cymru: “The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as Storm Darragh due to climate change underscores the urgent nee… [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Liz Saville Roberts MP (@LSRPlaid) RT @Plaid_Cymru: “The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as Storm Darragh due to climate change underscores the urgent nee… [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Luke Myer MP (@luke_myer) RT @The_CCSA: ????Today, Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) have reached financial close, markin… [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Andy McDonald MP (@AndyMcDonaldMP) Net Zero Teesside, delivered by the Labour government, is the single biggest investment in Teesside in our history. It is worth £4bn, will create 3,000 construction jobs and 1,000 well paid permanent jobs and will make our area leaders in the industries of the future. 2/4 [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Bobby Dean MP (@Bobby_Dean) It was a pleasure meeting with local environmental campaigners in Beddington Park recently.
We discussed our campaign to clean up the Wandle, what we can do to encourage more renewable energy in our area and how to improve climate change education in schools. https://x.com/Bobby_Dean/status/1866465944547012634/photo/1 [Source]
10 Dec 2024 Anna Gelderd MP (@annagelderd) In the recent fishing debate, I raised concerns from South East Cornwall's fishers about space, consultations & stock management.
Balancing renewable energy with their needs & the marine environment means:
✅Clean energy
✅Jobs
✅Restored seas
✅Protected fishing grounds https://x.com/annagelderd/status/1866428986911256998/video/1 [Source]
06 Dec 2024 Jack Abbott MP (@jackabbott90) I was recently elected as the Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Departmental Group, and last week, my colleagues and I met the Prime Minister to talk about our roles.
Our job is to help oversee the relationships between MPs and the relevant departments and ministers. https://x.com/jackabbott90/status/1864952781578092995/photo/1 [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Roger Gale MP (@SirRogerGale) There ARE alternatives that could meet Miliband’s mad dash for green energy by 2030 but they have not been thoroughly considered and evaluated. 3/4 [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) So yes, the PM needed a reset. But it also needed an additional mission – a National Adaptation Plan to safeguard our food security, better prepare the country for a future of more extreme weather and put nature at the heart of our response to climate change. [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) Nor should we ignore the impact extreme temperatures have on our food security. The Climate Change Committee warned five years ago that more frequent weather extremes would damage crops and livestock, making food prices more volatile. [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Luke Murphy MP (@LukeMLabour) RT @youngfabians: Thank you so much to everyone who joined us yesterday evening for a wide ranging discussion on COP29 and the state of cli… [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Sarah Smith MP (@sarahsmithlab) We have the most ambitious plan for Government:
???? to build 1.5m homes
????deliver more money in people’s pockets, ????get 13,000 police officers on the beat
????drive down waiting lists
⚡️deliver net zero and cheaper energy bills
????give every child the best start in life https://x.com/sarahsmithlab/status/1864647497274048947/photo/1 [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Bradley Thomas MP (@BradleyThomasUK) RT @NJ_Timothy: ????Climbdown alert!????
Starmer has gone from promising to decarbonise the grid 100% by 2030 to a new 95% target.
Maybe he’s… [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Andrew Bowie MP (@AndrewBowie_MP) RT @NJ_Timothy: ????Climbdown alert!????
Starmer has gone from promising to decarbonise the grid 100% by 2030 to a new 95% target.
Maybe he’s… [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Claire Coutinho MP (@ClaireCoutinho) RT @NJ_Timothy: ????Climbdown alert!????
Starmer has gone from promising to decarbonise the grid 100% by 2030 to a new 95% target.
Maybe he’s… [Source]
05 Dec 2024 Andrew Rosindell MP (@AndrewRosindell) RT @GBNEWS: 'Net zero has destroyed British industry, steel is going now and the car industry will follow shortly, and as is always the cas… [Source]
04 Dec 2024 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) Today, I am addressing the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee's session on retrofitting homes for net zero.
Recent energy shocks have demonstrated the urgent need to improve households' energy efficiency, and I will set out the steps we are taking to achieve this goal.… https://x.com/i/web/status/1864286509320622349 [Source]
03 Dec 2024 Nadia Whittome MP (@NadiaWhittomeMP) On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I'm reflecting on how disabled people are at the sharpest edge of society's failures - inequality, the housing crisis, war and climate change.
These crises are deeply unjust and demand urgent change. [Source]
03 Dec 2024 Michael Shanks MP (@mgshanks) RT @SouthLanCouncil: ???? Calling all community groups! We have funding remaining for climate change and sustainability projects through the C… [Source]
03 Dec 2024 Imran Hussain MP (@Imran_HussainMP) The climate crisis wasn't caused by the poorest nations, yet they are the ones paying for it.
As richer nations pollute more and escape accountability, it's clear this inequality isn't by accident, and it's right to be looked at through the framework of international law, and… https://x.com/i/web/status/1863918951589093485 [Source]
02 Dec 2024 Josh MacAlister MP (@JoshMacAlister) If the world had stuck with the pioneering growth of nuclear, global energy emissions would have been 6% lower, saving 2.1 Gt of CO2
That’s the same as taking 460m cars off the road for a year or removing the combined total emissions of Canada, South Korea, Australia and Mexico https://twitter.com/institutegc/status/1863527827938636074 [Source]
02 Dec 2024 Deirdre Costigan MP (@deirdrecostigan) Heavy rainfall caused by climate change is directly impacting people in Ealing Southall. Necessary maintenance and investigations must be undertaken by Thames Water. Without this, heavy rainfall will continue to be disastrous for residents- causing overflowing sewers and floods. [Source]
02 Dec 2024 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @GlobalJusticeUK: Rich countries including the UK have historically contributed the most to the ongoing climate crisis.
But it's cli… [Source]
01 Dec 2024 John Slinger MP (@JohnSlinger) This week, I worked on issues close to my heart—tackling violence against women & girls, supporting jobs & businesses in Rugby,& including young people in future climate summits. I also backed vital reforms to ensure dignity in end-of-life care.
#WorkingForYou #StrongerCommunity https://x.com/JohnSlinger/status/1863324399627010280/photo/1 [Source]
01 Dec 2024 James Wild MP (@jamesowild) Labour’s quickly approved big solar farms & wants more onshore wind.
Here’s a chart from my time in then Dept. for Energy & Climate Change on footprint of different energy generation.
We need to modernise generation & the grid but not by ignoring rural communities
#nuclear https://x.com/jamesowild/status/1863315280451051612/photo/1 [Source]
01 Dec 2024 Alison Taylor MP (@Alison_S_Taylor) RT @FarmingUK: Farmers who supply Arla will trial the use of a feed additive - Bovaer® - that reduces enteric methane emissions from cattle… [Source]