MPs' Climate-Related Tweets - October 2018

We've identified 26 X/Twitter posts by MPs related to action on climate change during October 2018.

28th October 2018

• 28 Oct 2018 Danny Chambers MP (@DannyVet) A classic example of false balance in the media. As when the news media give a platform for a climate change denier to debate with a scientist, here a vet with fringe views who claims to be able to cure cancer with #homeopathy was given equal airtime to debate actual science https://twitter.com/BrownBagPantry/status/1056676406967513088 [Source]
• 28 Oct 2018 Danny Chambers MP (@DannyVet) Trump: My ‘Natural Instinct for Science’ Tells Me Climate Science Is Wrong #science #Politics #climatechange http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/trump-i-have-a-natural-instinct-for-science.html?utm_source=fb&fbclid=IwAR3MVHjUttnMS2snOmdPdUL-PPiNGFhwWFvWC0ZN29dZh-g_fEo675_bO8w [Source]

24th October 2018

• 24 Oct 2018 Caroline Voaden MP (@CarolineVoaden) Fracking at Lancashire site paused after seismic event detected https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/23/fracking-at-lancashire-site-paused-after-seismic-event-detected?CMP=share_btn_tw. Just one more reason - if any were needed - why we should be investing in renewable energy NOT fossil fuel. Let’s just forget fracking was ever entertained as an option!! [Source]

18th October 2018

• 18 Oct 2018 Danny Chambers MP (@DannyVet) Trump Says He Gets Climate Change Because of His 'Natural Instinct for Science' #science #climate http://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bj4kzz/trump-says-he-gets-climate-change-because-of-his-natural-instinct-for-science-vgtrn?utm_campaign=sharebutton via @vice [Source]

17th October 2018

• 17 Oct 2018 John Glen MP (@JohnGlenUK) We’re fighting one of the biggest challenges of our age: #ClimateChange I opened the @LSEplc this morning to mark #GreenFinanceDay to promote private sector investment that is good for the planet ???? https://x.com/JohnGlenUK/status/1052518326772084737/photo/1 [Source]

16th October 2018

• 16 Oct 2018 Daniel Zeichner MP (@DanielZeichner) Asked the Climate Change Minister how she expects cutting support for electric vehicles to help us reach a zero-carbon future; unfortunately she avoided the question and defended the Government's decision... https://x.com/DanielZeichner/status/1052179224344387585/video/1 [Source]

15th October 2018

• 15 Oct 2018 Cat Smith MP (@CatSmithMP) RT @_erica_lewis: Any Conservative claims to being committed to stopping #climatechange or empowering local communities is undermined by th… [Source]

14th October 2018

• 14 Oct 2018 Cat Smith MP (@CatSmithMP) @GrahamLiver @BBCLancashire Future generations will look back at this and wonder why we didn’t heed climate change warnings. The Tories have slashed support for small scale renewables, scaled back support for electric vehicles and are being slammed by a leading climate scientist for its pursuit of fracking [Source]

13th October 2018

• 13 Oct 2018 Bernard Jenkin MP (@bernardjenkin) @cmipoggi @Uni_of_Essex @TheCCoalition @NFUtweets @theCCCuk @GJCUnderwood Thank you for coming [Source]
• 13 Oct 2018 Bernard Jenkin MP (@bernardjenkin) RT @cmipoggi: At the University @Uni_of_Essex to talk #climatechange with @bernardjenkin @TheCCoalition @NFUtweets @theCCCuk @@GJCUnderwood… [Source]
• 13 Oct 2018 Bernard Jenkin MP (@bernardjenkin) RT @LeonieGreene: Well what do you know! Super event locally on tackling climate change @TheCCoalition @bernardjenkin. Chief economist @The… [Source]

12th October 2018

• 12 Oct 2018 Brian Mathew MP (@BrianMathew4NW) Unacceptable when life on earth is threatened by climate change https://twitter.com/CarolineLucas/status/1050717315455754245 [Source]
• 12 Oct 2018 Brian Mathew MP (@BrianMathew4NW) @CarolineLucas Unacceptable when life on earth is threatened by climate change [Source]
• 12 Oct 2018 Gideon Amos MP (@GideonJAmos) Sorry but not true, LibDems invested in schools & libraries, public borrowing for this was a decade ago & no more than AVERAGE for CCs, repayments are good value at only 4.7% of Co budget, this Tory line is discredited - they need to say which school should not have been built! https://twitter.com/levellerlive/status/1050349046395805696 [Source]

11th October 2018

• 11 Oct 2018 Chris Coghlan MP (@_Chris_Coghlan) Humanity seems to be heading for a multitude of erupting crises over the next decade or so, from extremism to the left behind and climate change, the like of which few people still living have seen. But that generation succeeded. Will we? https://twitter.com/UNFCCC/status/1049174931848802304 [Source]
• 11 Oct 2018 Chris Coghlan MP (@_Chris_Coghlan) People are much more likely to believe facts when the solutions seem palatable. Critical insight from ⁦@Dannythefink on a different public leadership needed⁩ from Brexit to climate change to toxic politics https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/let-s-stop-kidding-ourselves-about-politics-3566vsgqj [Source]

10th October 2018

• 10 Oct 2018 Daniel Zeichner MP (@DanielZeichner) At an important climate change panel event in Parliament this morning on #NetZero - it is vital that the Government acts on the #IPCC report [Source]
• 10 Oct 2018 Danny Chambers MP (@DannyVet) @ChaiseAlice @Harrietvet @njbeesley Interesting you mention going head-to-head, we discussed the reporting & false balance of science last night. Credible organisations & institutions shouldn't give unscientific fringe views an equal platform, like climate change denialists or flat-earthers. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/07/bbc-we-get-climate-change-coverage-wrong-too-often?CMP=fb_gu [Source]

9th October 2018

• 09 Oct 2018 Sam Rushworth MP (@SamJRushworth) @Alteredgeist @lukeakehurst I'm not sure what you mean by this. I strongly support environmental issues and cannot see anything coming out of Labour's current leadership which goes beyond where Labour governments took us. Labour led world on climate change under Blair/Brown. Now we don't lead anything. [Source]

8th October 2018

• 08 Oct 2018 Nia Griffith MP (@NiaGriffithMP) Under @UKLabour UK led the world with @hilarybennmp 's Climate Change Act & Dept for energy & Climate Change led by @EdMiliband1. Scandalous Tories have lost the initiative. [Source]
• 08 Oct 2018 Jeevun Sandher MP (@JeevunSandher) “Climate change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen” [Source]
• 08 Oct 2018 Danny Chambers MP (@DannyVet) BBC News - Final call to save the world from 'climate catastrophe' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45775309 [Source]
• 08 Oct 2018 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) IPCC report is a wake up call. This is the issue of our time. As first response, government should move to net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest for UK, and use this as lever for much greater ambition globally in run up to 2020. [Source]
• 08 Oct 2018 Bambos Charalambous MP (@BambosMP) RT @RLong_Bailey: Today's #IPCC report is sobering - a call for transformative action to avoid dangerous climate change. That is Labour's o… [Source]

7th October 2018

• 07 Oct 2018 Barry Gardiner MP (@BarryGardiner) Why nobody should ignore the latest warning from the world’s top scientists on Climate Change #IPCC https://t.co/LHvz918lEw [Source]

3rd October 2018

• 03 Oct 2018 Beccy Cooper MP (@BeccyCooper4Lab) Listening to great talk with @WorthingWestCLP on what we can do to make a difference for our precious environment: Advocate for 100% renewable energy in your town - what do you think #Worthing? Divest from fossil fuels - can you do it for your pension fund #wscc? @WSCCNews [Source]

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