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Tessa Munt's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Tessa Munt

• 1 Sep 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  First, the critical minerals strategy categorises aluminium as a national strategic asset, central to our defence, infrastructure, manufacturing base, circular economy and net-zero targets. It says that the UK must secure access to such critical minerals; the amount of scrap aluminium exported abroad each year seriously undermines that.

  Full debate: Local Authorities: Aluminium Recycling

• 16 Jul 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  The Environment Agency’s national assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk shows that 6.3 million homes in England are already at risk of flooding, 4.6 million of them from surface water alone. In just the first quarter of this year, insurers paid out £846 million in property claims, with the average weather-related claim reaching £6,040—the highest first quarter figure on record. Subsidence claims, often linked to the same extreme weather, rose 9% year on year to £17,820. Research commissioned by Aviva suggests that 11% of new homes built between 2022 and 2024 are already at risk of flooding, and that figure is projected to rise to one in seven by 2050, once climate change is factored in.

  Full debate: National Planning Policy Framework

• 29 Nov 2025: Tweet

  Thursday’s National Emergency Briefing on the Climate and Nature Crisis had a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. I shall be one of those asking for more. #climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero https://x.com/tessamunt/status/1994692891151597839/video/1 [Source]

• 29 Apr 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  Modern continuous-feed pyrolysis plants maintain steady temperatures, and achieve about 250% higher throughput for the same energy input as batch pyrolysis. The syngas is captured and reused to heat the kilns through gas turbines, which removes carbon dioxide emissions. Such plants produce higher grade carbon black, which is pelletised and reused in tyre manufacturing, supporting the circular economy. Finally, the resultant tyre pyrolysis fuel oil is refined, undergoing further processing that would meet stringent UK environmental regulations.

  Full debate: Recycling of Tyres

• 13 Feb 2025: Tweet

  Delighted at this huge legislative win for LibDems, campaigners and community groups through a coordinated effort in both Houses. The govt amendment means a strong statutory steer towards community energy and benefits from renewable energy projects. Congrats to all who campaigned https://x.com/tessamunt/status/1890099113389445457/photo/1 [Source]

• 17 Jan 2025: Tweet

  Today I’ll be supporting the Second Reading of the ‘Sunshine Bill’ tabled by LibDem MP Max Wilkinson. The Bill asks that all new homes have solar energy generation technology. I’ve long called for this given the challenges of the cost of living, energy security and climate change https://x.com/tessamunt/status/1880198483296346392/photo/1 [Source]

• 18 Oct 2024: Tweet

  I’m delighted that Dr Roz Savage has chosen the Climate And Nature Bill for her Private Member’s Bill! It’s such a crucial step forward and vital to address the urgent climate crisis here! @zerohour.uk #CANBill https://x.com/tessamunt/status/1847257353088827817/photo/1 [Source]

• 26 Jul 2024: Tweet

  RT @timfarron: Making homes more energy efficient is absolutely essential to us tackling the climate emergency, reducing soaring bills, and… [Source]

• 28 Jun 2024: Tweet

  https://voteclimate.uk/ is recommending a vote for me in Wells & Mendip Hills to secure an MP with a progressive approach to the climate crisis. Please consider lending me your vote so there are more voices in Parliament who’ll take climate change seriously. #tessa4wells https://twitter.com/tessamunt/status/1806755480460533778/photo/1 [Source]

• 27 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @LibDems: Tackling the climate crisis doesn't have to just be a cost. We can build the green jobs of the future, upgrade homes and bri… [Source]

• 04 Dec 2019: Tweet

  I've taken @friends_earth's #ClimateActionPledge. If elected I'll put the climate first when I vote in parliament. We're in a #ClimateEmergency and must rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions for a greener and fairer society. #ClimateElection https://twitter.com/friends_earth/status/1197909254277095426/photo/1 [Source]

• 19 Nov 2019: Tweet

  Earlier this year I took part in planting a community food forest in Shepton Mallet. I’m committed to ensuring rural Somerset is resilient in the face of climate breakdown. Urgent action is needed to tackle the… https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Dc0KUlP-P/?igshid=tzn4ljpw6fgq [Source]

• 13 Nov 2019: Tweet

  Our country is crying out for a new kind of leadership, and the Lib Dems are rising to this challenge. Our plan for a #BrighterFuture covers five key priorities, from tackling the climate emergency to investing in mental healthcare. Learn more here: https://www.libdems.org.uk/plan [Source]

• 08 Feb 2019: Tweet

  If you live, work, study, vote in Somerset please sign the Climate Emergency petition and share, share, share with you family, friends, colleagues and contacts before Wednesday 20th February 2019. Thank you https://twitter.com/tessamunt/status/1093664515282087936/video/1 [Source]

• 28 Feb 2016: Tweet

  This is big, very welcome & just tad embarrasing for Osborne - Top lobbying group in historic green energy U-turn http://gu.com/p/4h4yc/stw [Source]

• 04 Dec 2013: Vote

  Recall of Elected Representatives — Schedule 4 — Application and modification of emissions limit duty - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 6 Nov 2013: Parliamentary Speech

  We should ensure that Ofgem does its job; keep up the pressure on the big six suppliers; look at encouraging more new entrants; do lots more to save energy in the first place; get a fair deal for people on pre-payment cards and meters; ensure that consumers receive bills that they can understand; support the development of many more green energy provisions on a local basis such as the Wedmore power co-operative solar array, which opened this weekend in my patch; and make it swift and easy to switch suppliers.

  Full debate: Energy Price Freeze

• 18 Jul 2013: Parliamentary Speech

  As the Member for Wells in Somerset, my constituency includes the Mendip hills, the southern fringes of the Chew valley and the very edge of the Bristol and Bath basin. It adjoins north-east Somerset and Bath. Both Bath and Wells are naturally completely intertwined with water—the clue is in the name, really. I, too, am delighted to hear of Bath and North East Somerset council’s recent unanimous, cross-party resolution formally to register with the Department of Energy and Climate Change its serious concerns about the potential impact of unconventional gas exploration and extraction in that critical area.

  Full debate: UK Shale Gas

• 11 Jul 2013: Parliamentary Speech

  I think that we can all agree that solar power is a real option for producing energy in the very near future, not only to meet our renewable energy needs and targets, but to keep the lights on. Solar arrays are swiftly installed and can balance the supply from more intermittent sources of generation, such as wind.

  Full debate: Solar Arrays

  I am a keen environmentalist, and I believe that we have to make huge strides on energy saving, as well as on renewable energy generation, to ensure that we meet the targets that we set ourselves in the Climate Change Act 2008.

  Full debate: Solar Arrays

• 06 Jun 2013: Tweet

  Off to Energy and Climate Change Questions to see if I can ask about #solarpanels [Source]

• 04 Jun 2013: Tweet

  I signed the South west Renewable Energy Manifesto, putting sustainable energy at the heart of our economic future. [Source]

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 133 — Financial provisions - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 10 — Direction to offer contract - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 03 Jun 2013: Vote

  Communities and Local Government — Clause 42 — Duty not to exceed annual carbon dioxide emissions limit - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 19 Dec 2012: Vote

  Charities Act 2011 (Amendment) — Energy Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 14 Nov 2012: Tweet

  Hughes: The Coalition’s position on wind farms and green energy will not change because @LibDems will not let it. [Source]

• 17 Oct 2012: Vote

  Relationship, Drug and Alcohol Education (Curriculum) — New Clause 22 — Interpretation of the green purposes: duty to assess impact on the Climate Change Act 2008 - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 30 Jul 2012: Tweet

  BBC News - Ex-sceptic says climate change is down to humans http://bbc.in/OclcxT [Source]

• 25 Jul 2012: Tweet

  BBC News - Renewable energy: Onshore wind subsidy to be cut by 10% http://bbc.in/QBzDx2 #renewable #renewableenergy [Source]

• 11 Jun 2012: Vote

  Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 06 Jun 2012: Tweet

  Greenhouse gas levels pass symbolic 400ppm #CO2 milestone http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/01/record-greenhouse-gas-trouble-scientists?CMP=twt_gu [Source]

• 16 Feb 2012: Tweet

  Shale gas - Department of Energy and Climate Change: http://bit.ly/zIOXiR via @AddThis #fracking [Source]

• 09 Feb 2012: Tweet

  Improvements to the Feed-in Tariffs scheme - Department of Energy and Climate Change: http://bit.ly/wbbEcx via @AddThis [Source]

• 14 Dec 2011: Parliamentary Speech

  Declares that the Petitioners strongly oppose the plan by EdF (Electricite de France) to construct a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset and declares that as an alternative, the Petitioners believe that a Government-backed programme of energy saving and clean renewable energy would combat climate change and avoid the risks of catastrophic accidents and dangers to health resulting from the storage of highly radioactive waste at Hinkley for 160 years.

  The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to commit to an energy policy based on energy saving and clean renewable energy, in which new nuclear power stations play no part.

  Full debate: Hinkley Point

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — New Clause 1 — Energy efficiency aim - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 5 Jul 2011: Parliamentary Speech

  In October 2010, Sir Michael Pitt, the chief executive of the Infrastructure Planning Commission, requested an independent and authoritative evaluation of undergrounding. The Department of Energy and Climate Change sought the assistance of the Institution of Engineering and Technology as an independent assessor of that study by a company called KEMA. The study was to be funded by none other than National Grid. None the less, it went ahead, and the results were meant to be produced on 25 January. However, nothing happened. On 3 June, the IET issued a press release stating that KEMA had not been able to issue a report with which it was satisfied owing to a lack of data from National Grid, and so the IET could not endorse its work.

  Full debate: Electricity Transmission (Protection of Landscape)

• 10 May 2011: Parliamentary Speech

  Finally, I ask the Government to accept the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change. I hope that this scheme will achieve much more than any previous scheme has before.

  Full debate: Energy Bill [Lords]

• 2 Feb 2011: Parliamentary Speech

  As the right hon. Lady will know, I have been very disappointed that some 100,000 acres is not covered by the consultation that started last Thursday. Will she guarantee for my constituents that the land for sale or lease in that 100,000 acres will be subject to absolute guarantees on protecting and enhancing biodiversity, on maintaining, protecting and improving public access for recreation and leisure, on ensuring the continued and increasing role of woodlands in climate change mitigation—

  Full debate: Public Forest Estate (England)