We've identified 185 X/Twitter posts by MPs related to action on climate change during March 2022.
31st March 2022
31 Mar 2022 Brian Mathew MP (@BrianMathew4NW) Absolutely disgraceful, not only will this incinerator pump 250,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year, poison the air we breathe with microparticulates and will likely put Arla foods out of Westbury losing 250 local jobs. Disgraceful cowardice from Wiltshire Council. https://twitter.com/SWWiltsLibDems/status/1509578533995225089 [Source]
31 Mar 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) Just as on onshore wind, on fracking, the Government is in hoc to people who believe green energy is the problem not the solution when it comes to the cost of living and energy security crises.
That’s why they can’t deliver the green energy sprint we need. [Source]
29 Mar 2022 Joe Powell MP (@josephpowell) As @opengovpart and partners like @opencontracting have shown procurement reform can keep value in local communities by supporting firms who pay the living wage, don't use tax havens + tackle climate change. Join the new @CoopParty campaign on UK local gov https://party.coop/fair-council-tax?mc_cid=d04d153696&mc_eid=468e1186de [Source]
29 Mar 2022 Seema Malhotra MP (@SeemaMalhotra1) Great to join the @DodsGroup #BeyondCOP26 roundtable today to discuss the economy and @UKLabour's climate investment pledge.
We need a long term green industrial plan to deliver on our climate goals. Without one Britain is already falling behind. [Source]
29 Mar 2022 Peter Bedford MP (@PeterABedford) @LBC@NickFerrariLBC what a disgraceful miscarriage of justice of the single mother trying to get her child to school through the blockade of so-called "climate change protesters". They had no legitimate reason to block her and she should have a total and complete legal defence. [Source]
28 Mar 2022 Terry Jermy MP (@CllrTerryJermy) Amusing that Tories won’t agree to declare a climate emergency as they claim it’s ‘virtue signalling’ at the very meeting they are (correctly) displaying the Ukrainian flag from the main rostrum in the Council Chamber ????????♂️ - judge them by their actions they say [Source]
27 Mar 2022 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) In other news - we already have the energy white paper, the hydrogen strategy, the industrial decarbonisation strategy and the new nuclear financing laws. Oh and the update to the energy planning policy statements are delayed. Just. Get. On. With. It. ????♂️???? https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1508194382243147779 [Source]
27 Mar 2022 Mark Garnier MP (@Mark4WyreForest) RT @uktradeinthai: ???? 11-12 May 2022
If you are a UK ???????? company in #RailSupplychain with #NetZero expertise and looking for opportunities i… [Source]
27 Mar 2022 Freddie Van Mierlo MP (@fivanmierlo) 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]
25 Mar 2022 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) RT @LeftFootFwd: 'Local government holds the key to tackling climate change but local government must be empowered to take a leading role',… [Source]
24th March 2022
24 Mar 2022 Steff Aquarone MP (@Steffanaquarone) "Sunak is a low tax chancellor in the same way people who play play guitars in their bedrooms are rock stars... he cut fuel taxes by 5p [so] when your house is flooded by climate change, it will be cheaper to drive away from it" Thank you, @henrymance ! [Source]
24 Mar 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @WestofEnglandCA: ???? Bristol is one of just three cities in the country to be awarded Zero Emission Transport City funding today!
We've… [Source]
23 Mar 2022 John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) RT @LBC: 'I welcome any step in the direction of tackling climate change, but this was pretty pathetic.'
Former Shadow Chancellor John McD… [Source]
23 Mar 2022 Ruth Cadbury MP (@RuthCadbury) RT @HanifKhan_1: Awesome talking with residents on the street in Chiswick Gunnersbury.
A ???? to continue implementing our climate emergency… [Source]
23 Mar 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) ???? Action needed: Ensure bills can come down in future by reducing the oil and gas we use, by investing £12bn in #retrofitting our homes through a #GreatHomesUpgrade, and increasing domestic renewable energy production.
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22nd March 2022
22 Mar 2022 Danny Chambers MP (@DannyVet) @elitistreview Yes we need to start electing politicians who genuinely care about our natural environment and who understand the importance of tackling climate change - too much time has been wasted over the last decade! [Source]
22 Mar 2022 Mike Kane MP (@MikeKaneMP) RT @Jean2468_: Did I mention that there is a Climate Change event in Wythenshawe Town Centre? ????
Tomorrow in Wythenshawe Town Centre, 10am-… [Source]
22 Mar 2022 Ruth Cadbury MP (@RuthCadbury) With the scale of the climate crisis it’s vital that the Government take urgent action to review Heathrow Expansion.
Since runway 3 was voted on we’ve had a new carbon budget, the Net Zero Policy & the UK hosting COP26.
Last week I urged the Government to review their policy. https://x.com/RuthCadbury/status/1506193976218595334/video/1 [Source]
21 Mar 2022 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) totally understand the desire to bow to motorists - but I agree, cutting bus/train fares AND reducing NI will put money back in the pockets of people while also hitting the fuel barons and support the climate emergency. Many of the poor dont even own a car so they arent helped https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1505815746470977536 [Source]
18 Mar 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) Nothing demonstrates better that the Tories can’t be trusted to tackle the climate crisis than their party chair telling their faithful that net zero is “dogma”. Pandering to a fringe element of his party and betraying present and future generations. [Source]
18 Mar 2022 Karin Smyth MP (@karinsmyth) ♻️Recycling is just one of the ways we can help tackle climate change.
If each of us re-used or recycled just one more thing each day, it would make a huge difference.
This #GlobalRecyclingDay, let’s commit to recycling more of the right things more often. https://x.com/karinsmyth/status/1504835025665241091/photo/1 [Source]
17 Mar 2022 Tan Dhesi MP (@TanDhesi) Following #COP26, it is vital we invest in the adoption of innovative green technology that decarbonises our transport systems.
But Govt is lagging far behind on providing the infrastructure, with no ambitious strategy on delivering the charging points needed for electric cars. https://x.com/TanDhesi/status/1504525474772381718/video/1 [Source]
17 Mar 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labourlewis: Poverty, inequality and the climate crisis are the biggest drivers of global insecurity. So how do we forge a new internat… [Source]
16 Mar 2022 Stephen Doughty MP (@SDoughtyMP) RT @CardiffCityFC: 1️⃣7️⃣,1️⃣8️⃣4️⃣ supporters with us at CCS tonight, and 3️⃣ points earned as we head into the international break! ????
Th… [Source]
16 Mar 2022 Louise Haigh MP (@LouHaigh) The @NatInfraCom say "the lack of action on the decarbonisation of transport now poses a serious risk" to climate targets.
❌Roll-out of EV charging points is "far too slow".
❌Only 1,000 on-street chargers outside of London.
❌No plans for major urban transport schemes. [Source]
16 Mar 2022 Alistair Carmichael MP (@amcarmichaelMP) It will not be much of a “just transition” if we trade one human rights abuser for another as the source of our energy supplies. Energy security cannot come by pleading for scraps from dictators. [Source]
16 Mar 2022 Andrew Pakes MP (@andrewpakes_) @SamAlvis2@GreenAllianceUK@racheljanetwolf I think there is a general point about how we manage economic change in UK not just green. But also 1) lots of Just Transition is about move from high-carbon to low-carbon work 2) green is become a catch-all for a lot of things now 3) top-down lobbying alienates some communities [Source]
16 Mar 2022 Andrew Pakes MP (@andrewpakes_) @SamAlvis2@GreenAllianceUK@racheljanetwolf I do find all of these reports that talk about workers and Just Transition but don't mention worker voice or unions weird. Missed opportunity. But also not how change is made. Trusted, good work has to be part of green jobs agenda. That means change with, not change to, people [Source]
16 Mar 2022 Josh Fenton-Glynn MP (@JoshFG) @RogerODoherty I suspect time and modern values have have left him behind a bit. When I worked for the remain campaign he struck me as alright among the labour leave group. But I can’t see that sharing a platform with Farage to deny climate change is compatible with our movements values. [Source]
15 Mar 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) Conservatives in Government saying much more sensible things on energy than those filling newspaper columns/hoping for relevance by trying (and failing) to turn net zero into a culture war https://t.co/Fz6U3bnvuC [Source]
15 Mar 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) 7⃣ Finally, this is still a government facing both ways. How can you be serious about a green energy sprint when you flirt with fracking, which is dangerous, won't come on stream for years, and will make no difference to prices? [Source]
15 Mar 2022 Liam Byrne MP (@liambyrnemp) RT @liambyrnemp: Europe now need a rapid plan to diversify their gas supplies, dial up investment in green energy and some, like Germany, m… [Source]
15 Mar 2022 Ben Spencer MP (@DrBenSpencer) Great to be part of it! Net-zero, sustainable transport, reducing air and noise pollution, preventing flooding, protecting our green spaces, enhancing the local natural environment, protecting wildlife, all very important not just to Runnymede and Weybridge but across the UK https://twitter.com/CEN_HQ/status/1503669493536546817 [Source]
14th March 2022
14 Mar 2022 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @JoMidge: All welcome at the Chorlton Park Climate Change Fair Tuesday 4.30-7pm at Chorlton Central Church. Pop in for a chat & to find… [Source]
14 Mar 2022 Liam Byrne MP (@liambyrnemp) Europe now need a rapid plan to diversify their gas supplies, dial up investment in green energy and some, like Germany, may need to revisit the timetable to phase out nuclear power.
(24/28) [Source]
14 Mar 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) @johnharris1969 There's some overlap with more majoritarian positions ie a cut to fuel duty is really about popular cost of living help now but some fringe elements will be happy to read it as a big net zero rethink [Source]
14 Mar 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) @johnharris1969 Not mad for those who are anti-net zero to try and scare Johnson into diluting progress, but mad for any major party to significantly change tack on the issue. I really don't think the govt will do more than showing a bit of leg to placate the vocal minority [Source]
13 Mar 2022 Esther McVey MP (@EstherMcVey1) RT @GBNEWS: 'The idea that we increase the percentage of renewables to replace gas is really naive.'
Director of Net Zero Watch, Dr Benny… [Source]
12 Mar 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and to tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
Instead, w… [Source]
12 Mar 2022 Kirsteen Sullivan MP (@kittysull1) Committed to working with people around the globe to tackle the climate crisis. Local food production is key to ⬆️ sustainability, ⬇️ emissions & supporting local communities. Whitburn Community Garden is perfect example, bringing volunteers together from all walks of life ???? ???? https://twitter.com/LoveWestLothian/status/1502226779108364289 [Source]
12 Mar 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @FriendsBrook: Climate Change Project - register now for our Launch event Saturday 12 March at 1.30pm at Whirlow Brook Hall - more detai… [Source]
11th March 2022
11 Mar 2022 Kirsteen Sullivan MP (@kittysull1) I haven’t watched this for a while but it resonates now more than ever, especially with our focus on tackling the climate emergency and developing more sustainable local economies through Community Wealth Building. Take a few minutes to watch the West Lothian story ???????????? https://twitter.com/SoilAssocScot/status/1502237057841827845 [Source]
11 Mar 2022 Andrew Pakes MP (@andrewpakes_) New nuclear (big & small) stands as the test about whether UK is serious about energy security & net zero. We can’t achieve either without it. That means: govt leadership; funding; long-term industrial strategy; & growing net zero out of British jobs, talents & industry [Source]
11 Mar 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @LabourNorth: Labour has a plan to:
???? get bills down
???? tackle the climate crisis
⚡️ deliver energy security
Our plan???????? [Source]
11 Mar 2022 Emma Lewell-Buck MP (@EmmaLewellBuck) I support increasing the UK’s use of our own clean, renewable energy to cut bills and end reliance on Russian oil and gas⚡️????.
I’m calling on @beisgovuk to unblock the power of wind farms as part of our energy independence plan. [Source]
11 Mar 2022 Jim McMahon MP (@JimfromOldham) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
Today I've be… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Lucy Powell MP (@LucyMPowell) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
Today I've be… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
Today I've be… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
Today I've be… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @UkraineSol: From 4pm TODAY, protest #Gazprom in #London! No to #Russia's #Oil + #Gas, no to #FossilFuels, yes to #RenewableEnergy!
#U… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
Today I've been in Manchester talking about Labour's plan for:
- a national insulation mission to cut bills+cut gas imports ????????♀️????
- clean, home-grown energy☀️????
Thread???????? https://x.com/Ed_Miliband/status/1501934860763426835/photo/1 [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Meg Hillier MP (@Meg_HillierMP) RT @NS_Spotlight: "The Johnson government is government by cliché and soundbite (three-word slogans in particular). On climate change we re… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Angela Rayner MP (@AngelaRayner) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
We need go fu… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Afzal Khan MP (@Afzal4Gorton) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
We need go fu… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @LBC: 'If you're going to actually bring bills down, you've got to get off fossil fuels.'
Shadow Climate and Net Zero Secretary Ed Mili… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Ruth Cadbury MP (@RuthCadbury) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
We need go fu… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Rushanara Ali MP (@rushanaraali) RT @Ed_Miliband: For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
We need go fu… [Source]
10 Mar 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) For energy security, to get bills down, and tackle the climate crisis it is time for a green energy sprint.
We need go further and faster on wind, solar, tidal + nuclear power. ????☀️????
Clean, home grown power.
& a national insulation mission to cut bills+cut gas imports ????????♀️???????? https://twitter.com/LabourList/status/1501686818764382214 [Source]
08 Mar 2022 Iain Duncan Smith MP (@MPIainDS) 1) Dangerous moments in politics happen when the opinion of the political class coalesces & all debate is ended. So it has been with the new religion of Net Zero. Under this banner, whilst virtue-signalling, the UK has allowed North sea oil & gas exploration to nigh on disappear. [Source]
07 Mar 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) PM says there will be some extra domestic UK oil/gas production. "That doesn’t mean abandoning our commitment to CO2 [targets] you can do that but you’ve got to accept the reality...as a transition [to net zero] with more hydrocarbons" but also more nuclear + renewables [Source]
07 Mar 2022 Chris Curtis MP (@chriscurtis94) Before Brexit, polling showed a country that was pretty evenly divided on the issue, with most polls in the early part of the decade showing Leave ahead.
This isn't true on climate change, where the vast majority think we should be doing more. [Source]
07 Mar 2022 Andrew Pakes MP (@andrewpakes_) Alarmist message from Alan Duncan about gas supplies on @BBCr4today. Underscores how we’ve taken our eye off energy security over last two decades. Security needs to be golden thread through #NetZero & fair prices [Source]
06 Mar 2022 David Baines MP (@DavidBainesStH) Aside from the urgent need to tackle climate change, the energy cost crisis we’re already facing and the significant long term implications on our energy supply of current events makes projects like Mersey Tidal a no-brainer. Now’s the time for tidal! @MetroMayorSteve [Source]
06 Mar 2022 David Baines MP (@DavidBainesStH) Should we be shocked that Farage, a man who has spouted Russian propaganda for years, is now attacking the push to green, renewable energy which would coincidentally reduce our reliance on Russian energy sources?
No, we shouldn’t be. [Source]
04 Mar 2022 Tan Dhesi MP (@TanDhesi) RT @MrsKiwiVP: @TanDhesi Thank you for taking your valuable time to talk to Yr6 at Western House Academy about #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActio… [Source]
03 Mar 2022 Rushanara Ali MP (@rushanaraali) RT @NEF: Join @NEF today for a discussion on how to reshape finance for net-zero & leveling up, with panelists including Nobel prize winner… [Source]
02 Mar 2022 Karin Smyth MP (@karinsmyth) ????WATCH: Apprenticeships are a valuable way of taking action against the climate crisis at home, and ensuring we have the skills needed for a greener future.
Find out more at my Apprenticeships Fair, taking place at the Advanced Skills and Construction Centre next month. https://x.com/karinsmyth/status/1499051918450040839/video/1 [Source]
01 Mar 2022 Josh Fenton-Glynn MP (@JoshFG) @sioxl7@Soph__wilson I mean labour in Calderdale have paid care staff more, stopped the closure of both our and Huddersfield A&Es and led West Yorkshire authorities in responding to the climate emergency. Being out of power in Westminster limited what we could do. [Source]
01 Mar 2022 Matt Rodda MP (@MattRodda) I visited Pingewood Solar Farm in Burghfield to learn more about the work that goes on at this renewable energy plant.
I was pleased to learn that not only does the site supply clean, renewable energy in the UK, but is also a site of significant pensions investment. (1/2) https://x.com/MattRodda/status/1498699031488434177/video/1 [Source]
01 Mar 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) Last night I spoke out against the Govt's authoritarian anti-protest Bill.
As we confront the #ClimateEmergency, the Govt's priority should be addressing the crisis, not criminalising those sounding the alarm
We must protect our democracy & planet - and oppose the #PolicingBill https://x.com/_OliviaBlake/status/1498646390976749570/video/1 [Source]