We've identified 206 X/Twitter posts by MPs related to action on climate change during September 2022.
30th September 2022
30 Sep 2022 Imran Hussain MP (@Imran_HussainMP) The rise in extreme weather events across the globe shows the urgency in tackling the climate emergency.
Labour will go big for green growth, decarbonising the energy sector by 2030 and getting this country off fossil fuels for good.
The Tories will bring back fracking. [Source]
30 Sep 2022 Chris Elmore MP (@CPJElmore) ???? READ: Chris Elmore MP hails GB Energy announcement as a “fundamental shift in how we tackle climate change and the cost-of-living crisis”
https://www.chriselmore.wales/2022/09/30/chris-elmore-mp-hails-gb-energy-announcement-as-a-fundamental-shift-in-how-we-tackle-climate-change-and-the-cost-of-living-crisis/ [Source]
29 Sep 2022 Imran Hussain MP (@Imran_HussainMP) As the Tories trash our economy, @UKLabour offer people hope by:
⚡ Creating a public energy company
???? Decarbonising the energy sector by 2030
???? Investing in communities via a National Wealth Fund
We're for a fairer, greener future, not destruction to benefit an elite few. [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Preet Gill MP (@PreetKGillMP) RT @mcneil_tom: This is excellent. Tackling climate change as a central element of the UK’s international development strategy, not only ad… [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Preet Gill MP (@PreetKGillMP) In October 2021, the International Development Committee also warned that “a failure to anchor climate change in development … will increase the scope for maladaptation, the negative consequences of poorly designed nature-based solutions and wasteful spending”. [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Preet Gill MP (@PreetKGillMP) requiring the Secretary of State to take account of the impact of all ODA spending on climate change and to report annually to Parliament.
Despite the Tories’ promise to “green” the Department for International Development and protect 0.7% in 2019. [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Preet Gill MP (@PreetKGillMP) RT @Keir_Starmer: Climate crisis.
Prices through the roof.
Energy security at a premium.
There’s no higher priority for me than fixing… [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @Keir_Starmer: Climate crisis.
Prices through the roof.
Energy security at a premium.
There’s no higher priority for me than fixing… [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Ruth Cadbury MP (@RuthCadbury) RT @NickTorfaen: As International Trade Secretary I would drive green export growth.
Selling British innovation on climate change globall… [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Paula Barker MP (@PaulaBarkerMP) As #Lab22 draws to a close, it's been great to see our party commit to:
✅Reversal of 45p tax cut to fund our NHS
✅A publically owned renewable energy company
✅Bringing rail into public ownership
✅A long overdue #HillsboroughLawNow
We need a #GeneralElectionNow [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Luke Murphy MP (@LukeMLabour) Removing ‘active travel’ as KPI of good design is a retrograde step
Active travel ????♀️????♂️
????is good for health & well-being
????combats climate change & nature crisis
????creates more vibrant places
Bromley Conservatives are out of touch w what our communities want, need & deserve https://twitter.com/AlisaIgoe/status/1575042386010714114 [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Kim Johnson MP (@KimJohnsonMP) @UKLabour is on its way to Government with great pledges to
- Renationalise the railways
- A publicly owned green energy company
- More council housing & retrofitting 19m homes
- Reversing decision to abolish top rate of tax and plough into NHS
- Hillsborough Law [Source]
28 Sep 2022 Jayne Kirkham MP (@JayneKirkham4) @kfecclestone 2. Setting up a new body ‘Skills England’ to oversee a national effort to upskill Britain to meet the challenges of climate change, automation and global competition…/2 [Source]
27 Sep 2022 Marsha De Cordova MP (@MarshadeCordova) There’s no reason that we shouldn’t lead the world in green energy – and that green revolution should belong to all of us.
???? 100% clean energy by 2030
????️ Investment in home insulation
???????? Jobs and training for thousands of workers
#LabConf22 #Lab22 [Source]
27 Sep 2022 Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) Labour has just announced it'll set up Great British Energy - a publicly-owned company producing renewable energy that won't be there to make profits for rip-off firms but will keep bills down and help meet our climate targets. A crucial policy for the challenges we face. [Source]
27 Sep 2022 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) .@Keir_Starmer's plan to create a publicly owned Great British Energy sounds uncannily like the current bit of National Grid that Boris Johnson wanted to use to lead net-zero. Am I wrong? [Source]
27 Sep 2022 Anna McMorrin MP (@AnnaMcMorrin) RT @DavidLammy: The climate crisis is the biggest challenge the world faces. It is not a distant threat, but here today, devastating the li… [Source]
27 Sep 2022 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @NetZeroAPPG: "Leeds City Council analysis shows the will be 40,000 green jobs by the end of decade and 70,000 by 2050.
These are all j… [Source]
27 Sep 2022 Alison Hume MP (@MsAlisonHume) Great reception in the hall for @lukejcr PCC @yorkshirelabour #YorkOuter speaking to Conference on important Climate Crisis motion. “The Tories want to dig up our countryside, pollute it with #fracking, & funnel the money to oil & gas companies” Fracking won’t reduce our bills. [Source]
27 Sep 2022 Steve Reed MP (@SteveReedMP) RT @RachelReevesMP: Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan is a real plan for tackling climate change.
It is a real plan for growth.
And a real… [Source]
26 Sep 2022 Tan Dhesi MP (@TanDhesi) RT @WSP_UK: Fantastic discussion on #transport modes, #decarbonisation and #infrastructure investment at #LabourConference2022 alongside @a… [Source]
26 Sep 2022 Tulip Siddiq MP (@TulipSiddiq) RT @thefabians: From Tulip Siddiq MP - ‘To protect financial resilience in the long term we must invest in green energy solutions that firm… [Source]
26 Sep 2022 Janet Daby MP (@JanetDaby) RT @RachelReevesMP: Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan is a real plan for tackling climate change.
It is a real plan for growth.
And a real… [Source]
26 Sep 2022 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) RT @LabourList: "Our industrial strategy will deliver clean power by 2030, taking the action needed on the climate emergency and keeping go… [Source]
26 Sep 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) The transition to #netzero is a once in a generation opportunity to transform our economy so it works for people & planet.
.@UKLabour has seen this & begun to set out plans to drive investment into communities, rebuild industry & create jobs around the UK. #LabourConference2022 [Source]
26 Sep 2022 Marie Tidball MP (@MarieTidball) Every single one of us has the right to use buses to travel to work and see our families and friends without using a car.
Public transport is fundamental to achieving social justice and tackling the climate emergency. [Source]
26 Sep 2022 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @CFigueres: Coming back to this once more. If you don’t understand the impact of #climatechange on developing countries you just cannot… [Source]
25 Sep 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) “The climate crisis and rampant global and domestic wealth inequality, whilst obvious components of this age of crisis, are just symptoms of a deeper malaise – the breakdown of democracy and democratic institutions at a national and international level” #LabourConference2022 #PR https://twitter.com/TheHouseMag/status/1574046314006024193 [Source]
25 Sep 2022 Stephen Doughty MP (@SDoughtyMP) RT @DavidLammy: The climate crisis is the biggest challenge the world faces. It is not a distant threat, but here today, devastating the li… [Source]
25 Sep 2022 Fabian Hamilton MP (@FabianLeedsNE) RT @DavidLammy: The climate crisis is the biggest challenge the world faces. It is not a distant threat, but here today, devastating the li… [Source]
25 Sep 2022 David Lammy MP (@DavidLammy) We will recommit to 0.7% development spending, to support developing countries addressing climate change and meet the UK’s commitments to international climate finance following government cuts. [Source]
25 Sep 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @TetlowTweets: The electricity system can and should be decarbonised as quickly as possible, saving us cash on gas. This is great to see… [Source]
25 Sep 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) This is what leading the fight against the climate crisis looks like. The UK will be the first major country in the world with a clean power system, the lynchpin of the drive to net zero. [Source]
24 Sep 2022 Grahame Morris MP (@grahamemorris) RT @TWT_NOW: ???? First TWT22 lineup announcements are here! ????
In the face of soaring living costs, attacks on workers & climate breakdown -… [Source]
24 Sep 2022 Steve Race MP (@steve_race) Labour’s plan to reach net zero and mitigate the climate crisis will create jobs and investment across the country from R&D, to manufacturing, to installation and then in operations. Along with a national effort to insulate homes, this is exactly what the country should be doing. https://twitter.com/RachelReevesMP/status/1573646236275687425 [Source]
23 Sep 2022 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) RT @rafaelmgrossi: The UK is deeply committed to accelerating nuclear use to achieve #NetZero. Comprehensive exchange with ???????? Climate Minis… [Source]
23 Sep 2022 Jeevun Sandher MP (@JeevunSandher) We're looking at around £45bn of extra borrowing *every year* to finance these massive tax cuts
Getting to Net Zero costs about £30bn a year. I'm shocked
#MiniBudget [Source]
22 Sep 2022 Matt Turmaine MP (@Turmaine) Watching @bbcquestiontime (bit late) - seems important to say that right now, both sustainable and non-sustainable energy sources are needed. It's not a binary issue at present. The point is to deal with the immediate crisis and build sustainable energy provision for the future. [Source]
22 Sep 2022 Stephen Kinnock MP (@SKinnock) RT @WelshLabour: We won't solve the climate crisis by relying on more fossil fuels.
That's something our Welsh Labour Government understan… [Source]
22 Sep 2022 Anna McMorrin MP (@AnnaMcMorrin) RT @WelshLabour: We won't solve the climate crisis by relying on more fossil fuels.
That's something our Welsh Labour Government understan… [Source]
22 Sep 2022 Stephen Doughty MP (@SDoughtyMP) RT @WelshLabour: We won't solve the climate crisis by relying on more fossil fuels.
That's something our Welsh Labour Government understan… [Source]
22 Sep 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @labourlewis: It’s why the govt should adopt the #GreenNewDeal immediately and ensure renewable energy, retrofitting and sustainability… [Source]
22 Sep 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) It’s why the govt should adopt the #GreenNewDeal immediately and ensure renewable energy, retrofitting and sustainability all key tenets of economic policy. [Source]
22 Sep 2022 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @CFigueres: It’s simple. If you don’t understand the threat of #climatechange to developing countries you cannot lead the world’s top in… [Source]
22 Sep 2022 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @petemoorey: ???? Every life and livelihood impacted by the #ClimateCrisis matters, but it’s those least responsible who are bearing the b… [Source]
21 Sep 2022 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @antonioguterres: Climate change seems to have been dropped as a priority by many decision makers around the world.
This week at #UNGA,… [Source]
21 Sep 2022 Carla Denyer MP (@carla_denyer) To bring bills and emissions down for good, Govt support for businesses MUST be smarter and more targeted than just a blanket cap on wholesale energy costs.
More than 100 UK businesses have called on Govt to prioritise energy efficiency, renewables, & industrial decarbonisation. https://twitter.com/BusinessGreen/status/1572451628128542722 [Source]
20th September 2022
20 Sep 2022 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @BethWinterMP: The Tories need to invest urgently to keep people warm this winter & tackle climate crisis.
We cannot keep kicking the c… [Source]
20 Sep 2022 Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) RT @We_OwnIt: HUGE support from Labour voters for public ownership ????
Nationalisation would help with cost of living and climate crisis htt… [Source]
20 Sep 2022 Grahame Morris MP (@grahamemorris) RT @We_OwnIt: HUGE support from Labour voters for public ownership ????
Nationalisation would help with cost of living and climate crisis htt… [Source]
20 Sep 2022 Adam Thompson MP (@adamthompson111) Allowing fracking represents another hit to achieving net zero carbon emissions, we should be investing heavily in green energy production - onshore and offshore wind, solar tidal and new nuclear - not new means of sourcing fossil fuels. [Source]
18 Sep 2022 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) @rcolvile@James_BG It’s more the general “we need to tank GDP to have a chance of achieving net zero” brigade I was thinking of, rather than the proponents of specific steps to achieve net zero (which we clearly need, some of which boost growth and others not) [Source]
15 Sep 2022 Carla Denyer MP (@carla_denyer) @PhilipHammondUK Govt plans for more North Sea oil & gas and fracking undermine both our climate targets and the UK economy.
A rapid transition away from fossil fuels is the best way to tackle soaring energy bills and help the economy.
Renewables, not fossils, promise a brighter future. [Source]
15 Sep 2022 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @UN: The climate crisis is a global challenge that affects every country on every continent.
Urgent #ClimateAction must be taken at all… [Source]
15 Sep 2022 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @ProfMarkMaslin: Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy could save the world as much as $12tn by 2050, an Oxford University stu… [Source]
08 Sep 2022 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) New job for Chris Skidmore, @CSkidmoreUK leading on net zero task force - which will mean going head to head with the Mogg. Rumour has it that he turned down a job in BEIS team as shadow climate minister because of Mogg’s views. [Source]
08 Sep 2022 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) WE DON'T NEED MORE GAS ...we have plenty in our seas without damaging our geology, fracking near homes & slowing the move to fully renewable energy. 100 new licences could be devastating #KeepFrackingBan [Source]
08 Sep 2022 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @BBCr4today: "We're confident that tens of billions of pounds could be raised"
Ed Miliband, Labour's Shadow Climate Change Secretary, t… [Source]
07 Sep 2022 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) 2/4 In 2019 the City of London was the 9th largest CO2 emitter in the world
This Bill could have been an opp to not only address this but reclaim our finance system to work in the interests of people & planet, enabling rather than preventing a global, just transition to #netzero [Source]
07 Sep 2022 Sian Berry MP (@sianberry) Make no mistake, the Silvertown Road Tunnel is a vast new road building project that will increase car dependency, traffic and pollution for Londoners. Opposition comes from the spectrum of political parties and local councils who know NOT to build new roads in a climate crisis. https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1567496093725761537 [Source]
07 Sep 2022 Layla Moran MP (@LaylaMoran) Cabinet appointments:
The person in charge of climate is a climate change sceptic, the person in charge of migration is anti-immigration, and the person in charge of our NHS doesn’t believe in abortion. This is the Conservative party in 2022. #GeneralElectionNow [Source]
06 Sep 2022 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) RT @James_BG: A Prime Minister who puts an avowed climate sceptic in charge of energy and climate policy does not take climate change, or i… [Source]
06 Sep 2022 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) Under Labour:
????Industrial Strategy working in partnership with business
????Climate Investment Pledge
????????????More rights for working people
????3% GDP on R&D
????Cutting taxes for small businesses
(3/4) [Source]
06 Sep 2022 Afzal Khan MP (@Afzal4Gorton) RT @Afzal4Gorton: The flooding in Pakistan has plunged the country into a humanitarian & climate emergency, leaving a 1/3 of the country un… [Source]
06 Sep 2022 David Lammy MP (@DavidLammy) RT @CatherineWest1: The catastrophic flooding in Pakistan is a stark reminder of the challenges posed by climate change.
As well as provi… [Source]
06 Sep 2022 Catherine West MP (@CatherineWest1) The catastrophic flooding in Pakistan is a stark reminder of the challenges posed by climate change.
As well as providing immediate support for the people of Pakistan, it is vital that the UK works nations like Pakistan to plan for the future to avoid further catastrophes ???????????????? https://x.com/CatherineWest1/status/1567127528262844416/video/1 [Source]
06 Sep 2022 Jack Abbott MP (@jackabbott90) @BenKentish@lewis_goodall The economy and the environment are not mutually exclusive.
If we invest in renewable and clean energy, it'll lower bills, create jobs and tackle climate change all at the same time.
It would be economically illiterate and environmentally dangerous to slow the transition. [Source]
06 Sep 2022 Afzal Khan MP (@AfzalKhanMCR) The flooding in Pakistan has plunged the country into a humanitarian & climate emergency, leaving a 1/3 of the country underwater & an estimated $10 billion worth of damage.
Yet this Gvt has cut aid to Pakistan by 75%.
I urged the FCDO to provide urgent assistance to Pakistan???? https://x.com/Afzal4Gorton/status/1567114896487202816/video/1 [Source]
06 Sep 2022 Claire Hanna MP (@ClaireHanna) RT @CarolineLucas: The #ClimateEmergency is right here right now, yet Financial Services Bill being debated today does nothing to address i… [Source]
05 Sep 2022 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) I urge Liz Truss to take a path that helps create a fairer society while tackling the climate crisis. [Source]
05 Sep 2022 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) Her plans to encourage more North Sea oil & gas does nothing to help households this winter. But it will absolutely fuel the climate crisis.
We can invest in a cleaner, greener, more affordable future. Whether we do so is a political choice. [Source]
05 Sep 2022 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) Liz #Truss must immediately focus on real action to help people with cost of living crisis while tackling the climate emergency.
This must include lowering the energy price cap to October 2021 rate, beginning a mass nationwide insulation programme & investing in renewable energy [Source]
05 Sep 2022 Carla Denyer MP (@carla_denyer) Liz #Truss being selected as Prime Minister by such a small and unrepresentative group of people is a disaster for the UK, and the climate.
Her plans to encourage more North Sea oil & gas does nothing to help households this winter. But it will absolutely fuel the climate crisis [Source]
05 Sep 2022 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) 5️⃣ Creating public-owned co-operatives that can flood the market with cheaper #renewableenergy and take control of the energy market.
6️⃣ Boosting incomes by increasing the #NationalLivingWage to reflect the true cost of living.
5/6 [Source]
3rd September 2022
03 Sep 2022 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) RT @James_BG: This is one of the many things that makes attacks on net zero so bizarre. They are attacking the only viable long term route… [Source]
2nd September 2022
02 Sep 2022 Anna Dixon MP (@annalouisedixon) @steveb63live The cuts in the service to one train an hour to Bradford and cuts to late evening trains are affecting people in some parts of the constituency. Affordable and reliable public transport is part of tackling cost of living and climate crisis. [Source]
02 Sep 2022 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) Another great source of renewable energy is tidal. Government is excluding it on the basis of cost.
Upfront costs will be high but with all renewables, costs come down over time.
With nuclear the cost and risks of longtime storage of radioactive waste will never get cheaper. https://twitter.com/chrissimons5/status/1565633012406095872 [Source]
01 Sep 2022 Max Wilkinson MP (@mpmwilko) This machine was drilling a 100m hole in a Charlton Kings garden to install a ground source heat pump. Heat pumps will play a vital role in our move away from gas boilers and towards net zero.
Thanks to Matt and the Thermal Earth team for showing me this fascinating project! ???? https://twitter.com/mpmwilko/status/1565386472152350720/photo/1 [Source]
01 Sep 2022 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @jreynoldsMP: And if the premise is net zero policy raises the cost of capital for fossil fuel investments, then logically you accept it… [Source]
01 Sep 2022 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) And if the premise is net zero policy raises the cost of capital for fossil fuel investments, then logically you accept it lowers the cost of capital for renewables, nuclear and carbon capture - which are the industries and jobs of the future.
Hence our #climateinvestmentpledge [Source]
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