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Freddie Van Mierlo's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Freddie Van Mierlo

• 6 Jan 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  With the increased frequency of stormy weather as a result of climate change, the rural communities I know are sadly all too familiar with long periods without power. What are the Government doing to ensure that older and more vulnerable residents get the support that they need during cuts? Will the Minister commit to delivering a strategic plan to improve the resilience of rural power networks?

  Full debate: Power Cuts: Rural Areas

• 4 Mar 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  As a former cabinet member for climate change and nature recovery on South Oxfordshire district council, I have been involved in two bathing water status applications. One was successful, one was not. We often learn more from failure than success, so while I am delighted by the bathing water status achieved at Wallingford Beach, I will speak mostly to the desire to establish bathing water status in Henley.

  Full debate: Bathing Water Regulations

• 24 Jan 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  The hon. Gentleman spoke of the need to focus on the provisions of the Bill, so will he outline which provisions he is opposed to? Is it net zero ambitions, increasing net biodiversity, or developing a nature and biodiversity plan?

  Full debate: Climate and Nature Bill

• 17 Jan 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils’ brilliant new joint local plan proposes that new homes should be net zero, with solar being the obvious way of delivering that, but that ambitious plan is now sat with the Government inspector, and we are in his hands. Does my hon. Friend agree that local authorities should be empowered to deliver on their net zero ambitions?

  Full debate: New Homes (Solar Generation) Bill

• 10 Dec 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  If we truly believe that there is a climate emergency, and I do, rural Britain must be part of the transformation, too. Reduced motor traffic limits carbon dioxide emissions and reduces nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter, with both gases linked to respiratory failure, stroke, heart disease, dementia and premature death. Do not think that just because rural areas are surrounded by fields that the risk is not present in the countryside, too. Historic towns can create choke points, quite literally, as vehicles move through them. Watlington’s Couching Street has been an air quality management area since 2009, as traffic passes through in search of the M40. Again, cycling must be part of the picture, and that is before we talk about the mental health benefits, which I will perhaps leave others to touch on.

  Full debate: Rural Cycling Infrastructure

• 28 Sep 2023: Tweet

  ‘Daddy, why didn’t you do more to end the climate emergency?’ ‘Balance of payment reasons’ https://twitter.com/itvpeston/status/1707100879969570921 [Source]

• 19 May 2023: Tweet

  Delighted to have been chosen to be cabinet member for Climate change and nature recovery. https://www.southoxon.gov.uk/uncategorised/leader-and-cabinet-members-confirmed-for-south-oxfordshire-district-council/ [Source]

• 19 Jul 2022: Tweet

  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]

• 10 Jul 2022: Tweet

  As we will debate (yet again) the menus of councillors at the request of tories - it’s worth remembering that farmers will not be immune from the impacts of climate change #ClimateCrisis https://twitter.com/fivanmierlo/status/1546100831031787521/photo/1 [Source]

• 27 Mar 2022: Tweet

  BREAKING NEWS: Lib Dems and Oxfordshire Fair Deal Alliance bringing zero emissions buses to Oxford thanks to our successful bid. Still waiting to hear from government on our bid for money for the rest of Oxfordshire ???? [Source]

• 07 Aug 2021: Tweet

  Last week Conservative Cllr David Barthomew complained in the Henley Standard that Lib Dems were wasting “a huge amount of time“ on the climate emergency. We will wear this attempted slur as a badge of honour. We make no apologies for making the climate emergency a priority https://twitter.com/fivanmierlo/status/1423921213034930176/photo/1 [Source]

• 02 Dec 2016: Tweet

  This has been an awful year says Vestager. Paris agreement and CETA rays of light in dark times #ALDECongress https://twitter.com/fivanmierlo/status/804637865154084866/photo/1 [Source]

• 06 Oct 2016: Tweet

  @NatBuster This is not about nimbyism it's about globalism and meeting Paris agreement commitments [Source]

• 12 Mar 2016: Tweet

  Very happy that LibDems emphatically vote to ban #fracking in England, supporting Paris Agreement #ldconf [Source]