31 Mar 2023 Kit Malthouse MP (@kitmalthouse) RT @FraserNelson: Always baffled by claims that UK is making slow progress on CO2. No major country has cut more. Our emissions have halved… [Source]
31 Mar 2023 Andrew George MP (@AndrewGeorge_) @Smig3108@AngieCH2309@AngelaRayner Err…Scrapping the Climate Change Dept, then patting itself on the back for re-establishing it? Scrapping the Sustainable Homes regulations, then wanting praise for suggesting they may reintroduce them? That kind of thing…? [Source]
31 Mar 2023 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) RT @FraserNelson: Always baffled by claims that UK is making slow progress on CO2. No major country has cut more. Our emissions have halved… [Source]
30th March 2023
30 Mar 2023 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @cebill_now: “Given the final warning for 1.5°C, reports that the Government is off track to meet its own #netzero targets—and the lack… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Lucy Powell MP (@LucyMPowell) RT @Ed_Miliband: ‘Green Day’ summarised:
❌ No removal of the onshore wind ban
❌ No new money for energy efficiency
❌ No net zero mandate… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Rosena Allin-Khan MP (@DrRosena) RT @Ed_Miliband: ‘Green Day’ summarised:
❌ No removal of the onshore wind ban
❌ No new money for energy efficiency
❌ No net zero mandate… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Louise Haigh MP (@LouHaigh) RT @simonlightwood: The Tories have been promising action on buses for years and now the cross-party Transport Committee finds:
❌ Zero emi… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Diana Johnson MP (@DianaJohnsonMP) RT @hhchamber: Chamber "surprised and hugely disappointed" that the Humber has been overlooked in today's CCS announcements. "It’s very dif… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Louise Haigh MP (@LouHaigh) RT @Ed_Miliband: ‘Green Day’ summarised:
❌ No removal of the onshore wind ban
❌ No new money for energy efficiency
❌ No net zero mandate… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Chi Onwurah MP (@ChiOnwurah) RT @Ed_Miliband: ‘Green Day’ summarised:
❌ No removal of the onshore wind ban
❌ No new money for energy efficiency
❌ No net zero mandate… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @Ed_Miliband: ‘Green Day’ summarised:
❌ No removal of the onshore wind ban
❌ No new money for energy efficiency
❌ No net zero mandate… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Taiwo Owatemi MP (@TaiwoOwatemi) RT @Ed_Miliband: ‘Green Day’ summarised:
❌ No removal of the onshore wind ban
❌ No new money for energy efficiency
❌ No net zero mandate… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Stephen Doughty MP (@SDoughtyMP) RT @Ed_Miliband: ‘Green Day’ summarised:
❌ No removal of the onshore wind ban
❌ No new money for energy efficiency
❌ No net zero mandate… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @Ed_Miliband: ‘Green Day’ summarised:
❌ No removal of the onshore wind ban
❌ No new money for energy efficiency
❌ No net zero mandate… [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) Graham Stuart off into fantasy land in the HoC just now. It was a Labour government that passed the Climate Change Act in 2008 and kickstarted the renewable revolution with the CfDs. For 13 sorry years the Tories have been trashing this legacy. [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Simon Opher MP (@SimonforStroud) The Conservatives are failing to take the #ClimateEmergency seriously.
Labour would:
????Make Britain a clean energy superpower by 2030
????????Set up GB Energy, a public energy company
????️Create a National Wealth Fund to secure good jobs
????Insulate 19m homes https://twitter.com/Ed_Miliband/status/1641395523943800833 [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) Here we have it confirmed that the government is breaking the promise they made to the world at COP26. Today's strategy will not meet their 2030 NDC climate target.
This is a disaster. It puts beyond all reasonable doubt that the Conservatives are failing on climate action https://x.com/Ed_Miliband/status/1641395523943800833/photo/1 [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) It should put an end to new fossil fuel projects - including stopping businesses from funding them, and co-create an international #GreenNewDeal. The climate emergency is happening now, and there is absolutely no excuse for continuing this dangerous negligence. 4/4 [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) This would allow us to insulate our homes through a #GreatHomesUpgrade, flood the energy sector with renewable energy we the public own, build the next generation of green social homes and transform the public transport system over the next 8 years.
3/4 [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (@Miatsf) We cannot get to #netzero on the cheap, but delaying action bears a huge economic and human cost. The government should start by investing at least £28bn a year to help us transition. 2/4 [Source]
30 Mar 2023 Sarah Champion MP (@SarahChampionMP) RT @AJEnglish: UN adopted a landmark resolution asking the world’s top court to define the obligations of countries to combat climate chang… [Source]
29 Mar 2023 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) Climate adaptation "lacking across the board" according to the Government’s own advisers, @theCCCuk. We're "strikingly unprepared" for climate-related threats to food & water security, transport, health, business & agriculture.
More political will needed to act with real urgency. [Source]
29 Mar 2023 Ben Lake MP (@BenMLake) RT @Plaid_Cymru: In Scotland, the Crown Estate is devolved so that profits from renewable energy stay in Scotland
If it’s good enough for… [Source]
27 Mar 2023 David Chadwick MP (@LibDemDavid) The Liberal Democrats have a proven track record of delivering renewable energy and we called on the U.K. and Welsh governments to move faster with facilitating the transition to cleaner sources of energy. #libdems @LibDems [Source]
27 Mar 2023 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) Delighted to announce today the Paris Agreement has officially been extended to the Isle of Man, bringing them into scope of the UK’s target to reduce emissions by at least 68% by 2030. ???????? ????????
I look forward to working together to achieve our joint climate goals. ???? [Source]
27 Mar 2023 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) RT @James_BG: Another day, yet another report detailing how the government is on track to miss its climate goals and the massive associated… [Source]
26th March 2023
26 Mar 2023 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) @ClaireleWade You underestimate how often we discuss climate issues - we passed motion to divest fossil fuels in pension fund, planning for small & large scale energy generation & net zero homes. Cycling/public transport both important to reducing congestion, air pollution & carbon [Source]
26 Mar 2023 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) @LBeddowDorset I would expect investigation to also explain why people were told not to swim until the end of the day, when reports of oil on the beaches were made in the morning...maintaining an oil field in such a sensitive area AND as we live in a climate crisis should also be reconsidered [Source]
25 Mar 2023 Blair McDougall MP (@blairmcdougall) @murray_rogers Public energy company, net zero by 2030 with MASSIVE investment, abolishing non-dom tax & carried interest loophole, link min wage to cost of living, extend maternity leave, ban zero hours contracts, day one rights to sick pay, holiday, parental leave. [Source]
24th March 2023
24 Mar 2023 Caroline Voaden MP (@CarolineVoaden) Depressing that three Tory MPs can call for an inquiry into land use on Dartmoor without even mentioning the climate emergency. Nothing about nature, nothing about biodiversity, nothing about trees, or degraded peatlands or carbon capture.
For them it's all about ownership... https://twitter.com/TonyDartmoor/status/1639374339878313984 [Source]
24 Mar 2023 Anna McMorrin MP (@AnnaMcMorrin) RT @CommonsEAC: What does climate change in the Arctic mean for the UK and wider world?
????Our Polar Research sub-committee's inquiry into t… [Source]
23 Mar 2023 Sarah Olney MP (@sarahjolney1) 5/ This Bill would help address that, whilst also decarbonising millions of buildings and to take a huge step towards our net zero goals.
I therefore call on MPs from all sides to come together and support this urgently needed legislation tomorrow. [Source]
23 Mar 2023 Yuan Yang MP (@YuanfenYang) 4/ But solar power companies say the Net Zero Industry Act is too little, and it will come too late. “If badly designed, the NZIA risks sending the sector back 20 years," said Lightsource bp's exec [Source]
23 Mar 2023 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) @WessexOrienteer It was podcast day today @CratusComm #WhatHasTheEnvironmentEverDoneForUs (published early April) I interviews @kateparminter who is Chair of the HoL Committee on Climate Change. They've produced a report on the need for leadership in behaviour change. Worrying response from Govt [Source]
23 Mar 2023 Sarah Gibson MP (@SarahGibsonLD) Interested to discover that 7% of the carbon footprint of the University of Bath is the heating, whereas 19% is Student Travel. Makes one think about encouraging international students from the other side of the world. #ClimateEmergency [Source]
22 Mar 2023 Preet Gill MP (@PreetKGillMP) RT @DevEngageLab: It's #WorldWaterDay!
Guess what the British, German & U.S. public think will be the top impact of climate change?
#Data… [Source]
22 Mar 2023 Meg Hillier MP (@Meg_HillierMP) RT @CommonsPAC: There are big questions over the path to the UK's legal target of a #NetZero economy by 2050:
Now the #NAO expressed has… [Source]
21 Mar 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Away from Johnson/Partygate, @michaelgove in Commons Budget debate cites @edballs criticism of @Ed_Miliband £28bn/yr borrowing for green energy.
As Gove jibes that Balls was the man whom Miliband wanted to be his Chancellor, the ex Labour leader shakes his head [Source]
21 Mar 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) To get us on target to hit Net Zero and restore nature we need to ensure the right tree is in the right place with a Comprehensive Land Use Framework, a nature ready workforce and support for plant nurseries. A Labour Government will deliver for nature and the climate. [Source]
21 Mar 2023 Layla Moran MP (@LaylaMoran) RT @KHayhoe: Here are the big takeaways from the @IPCC_CH Synthesis Report released today.
First, climate change has already caused wides… [Source]
21 Mar 2023 Chris Elmore MP (@CPJElmore) ???? We must protect our forests to tackle #ClimateChange & prevent further losses of species.
On #InternationalDayofForests, why not check out this list of activities you can do to protect trees & woodlands in Wales?
Find out more here ????
https://naturalresources.wales/guidance-and-advice/environmental-topics/woodlands-and-forests/get-help-to-plant-trees-and-create-woodland/ https://x.com/CPJElmore/status/1638103154586976257/photo/1 [Source]
20 Mar 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @SiobhanADM: Ralph Regenvanu and Seve Paeniu:
Pacific island countries are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, an… [Source]
20 Mar 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @IPCC_CH: #IPCC #ClimateChange 2023: Synthesis Report "is a survival guide for humanity," says @UN SG @antonioguterres in the IPCC pre… [Source]
19 Mar 2023 Blair McDougall MP (@blairmcdougall) @drlongsock Public energy company, net zero by 2030 with MASSIVE investment, abolishing non-dom tax & carried interest loophole, link min wage to cost of living, extend maternity leave, ban zero hours contracts, day one rights to sick pay, holiday, parental leave. T.H.I.N.G.S. [Source]
17 Mar 2023 Taiwo Owatemi MP (@TaiwoOwatemi) RT @Ed_Miliband: By delaying action on net zero, the Conservatives are robbing Britain of the opportunity to cut energy bills, boost energy… [Source]
17 Mar 2023 Lizzi Collinge MP (@LizziCollinge) I've just signed up to this webinar - I urge any other cllrs & MPs to do so too. As a county cllr I don't have much to do with housing but it's increasingly clear that, alongside climate change, it's one of the most important and urgent policy areas and we need to get it right. https://twitter.com/r_earwaker/status/1636762597734187009 [Source]
17 Mar 2023 Janet Daby MP (@JanetDaby) RT @RachelReevesMP: I am optimistic about the future.
I believe Britain has the potential to galvanise green energy and get ahead in the g… [Source]
17 Mar 2023 Peter Kyle MP (@peterkyle) RT @RachelReevesMP: I am optimistic about the future.
I believe Britain has the potential to galvanise green energy and get ahead in the g… [Source]
16 Mar 2023 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @RachelReevesMP: I am optimistic about the future.
I believe Britain has the potential to galvanise green energy and get ahead in the g… [Source]
16 Mar 2023 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) The recent CfD budget allocation is a disgrace, and saw funding for renewable energy projects fall by 28% with no ringfence for floating wind.
To make things worse, the tidal power ringfence will be halved.
Our future depends on clean energy, so why is @grantshapps ignoring it? [Source]
16 Mar 2023 Luke Murphy MP (@LukeMLabour) Grt to spk to LBC on need for UK to learn lessons from US & step up action on net zero to create jobs & prosperity & ⬇️emissions
We can't wait for the next crisis to come along
The quickest...& cheapest way to bring down bills is to roll out renewables
https://twitter.com/IPPR/status/1636347331116146688?s=20 [Source]
15th March 2023
15 Mar 2023 Simon Opher MP (@SimonforStroud) I condemn the government's language & policy choices on the refugee crisis. The #AntiRefugeeBill2 won't work. Their language inflames racial hatred. We need:
- safe, legal routes
- better co-operation with partners
- mitigate the effects of war/climate emergency [Source]
15 Mar 2023 Chris Philp MP (@CPhilpOfficial) RT @CCHQPress: Between 1990 and 2021, we have cut our emissions by almost 48%, decarbonising faster than any other G7 country, while growin… [Source]
15 Mar 2023 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) On CCS, there was no new money in the documents. The announcement is spread over 20 years for CCS, which won’t begin until the next Parliament, and provides no detail of how it will be raised. It’s not included in the Government’s fiscal numbers. [Source]
15 Mar 2023 Jeevun Sandher MP (@JeevunSandher) 1) Lower bills (because insulation and renewables reduce energy costs)
2) Better jobs with higher wages outside London (because green industries have higher skills & pay)
3) Lower climate emissions & costs
Now let's see what actually happens ...
(8/8) [Source]
14 Mar 2023 Heidi Alexander MP (@Heidi_Labour) @FoneStill@SW_IoT Sorry, not sure I get your point? It’s perfectly possible to believe we need to do everything we can to enable more people to walk and cycle more often AND to believe we need speed up the transition to zero emission vehicles. [Source]
13 Mar 2023 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) RT @energygovuk: Ready, set, decarbonise.
From switching to hydrogen fuel or incorporating carbon capture technology.
We are consulting o… [Source]
13 Mar 2023 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) Fourth: our economic strategy needs to do, but also look well beyond, net zero. With everyone competing for domestic green technology production how about we don't forget the sectors we know we're good at: we're a service-exporting superpower with sides in beverages & aerospace https://twitter.com/TorstenBell/status/1635261847078334464/photo/1 [Source]
13 Mar 2023 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) Second: get on with a net zero industrial strategy but focus our efforts. Not because we don't have the fiscal firepower of the US/EU, but because we don't have the market size. So focus on our clear comparative advantages (wind power) and areas with smaller economies of scale https://twitter.com/TorstenBell/status/1635261841344724994/photo/1 [Source]
13 Mar 2023 Liam Byrne MP (@liambyrnemp) 10/. But we HAVE to preserve the space to work on global public goods, like climate change, nuclear non-proliferation, financial stability - and the crises of food, fragility and finance in the Global South // [Source]
12 Mar 2023 Sarah Hall MP (@Sarah_Hall81) Green investment is key to growth, good jobs & lower bills.
Labour will put net zero at the heart of plans for a fairer, greener future with our Green Prosperity Plan - tackling climate change, growing the green economy & creating good, green secure local jobs across the country https://twitter.com/LouHaigh/status/1634901165652721665 [Source]
12 Mar 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @HumzaYousaf: I'll deliver for the North East:
1️⃣ Make Aberdeen Net Zero Capital of Europe
2️⃣ Just Transition, Green Revolution & gre… [Source]
12 Mar 2023 Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood MP (@SorchaEastwood) Watching #FYI "Kids question Keir Starmer" and two brilliant young people from NI on so far with fantastic questions- Olivia from Lurgan & Mimi from Portadown asking questions about climate crisis & cost of living- doing NI proud! [Source]
11 Mar 2023 Helen Hayes MP (@helenhayes_) Great to be at Southwark Council’s climate conference today discussing the action we can take at an individual & local level towards net zero transition, Southwark’s ambitious plans & the vital importance of stronger leadership, funding & legislation from central government https://x.com/helenhayes_/status/1634591593821872129/photo/1 [Source]
11 Mar 2023 Jessica Morden MP (@jessicamordenmp) “The government here in Wales is also seizing the greatest challenge of our age - the climate crisis,” adds Mark, talking about our profound obligation to avert further damage. [Source]
11 Mar 2023 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) We discussed trade, energy, climate change, tech and democracy.
But we were also reminded by those fighting for their freedom and rights that we can’t take peace for granted.
In #IWD2023 week I was particularly taken by the speakers on the role of women in peace and security. https://twitter.com/EmineDzheppar/status/1634102361051340801 [Source]
10 Mar 2023 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) James 'not so' Clever-ley @BBCBreakfast effectively suggests Tories might only consider future safe & legal route when there is a "global tragedy or war" What about all those persecuted for faith, sexuality, gender or political views, fleeing torture, famine or climate crisis? [Source]
09 Mar 2023 Jayne Kirkham MP (@JayneKirkham4) @OfEmsworth@Geoffre77831787@Ed_Miliband I mean the money that could come to Cornwall’s economy if we could benefit from using our potential renewable energy resources here, including FLOW. We need to maximise our resources to get to clean power by 2030 [Source]
09 Mar 2023 Tan Dhesi MP (@TanDhesi) All regions of the UK deserve #railways which deliver for the economy, for local people and for #NetZero.
Hence it was important for me, as Shadow #Rail Minister, to hear from the #TransportEast Chief Executive and stakeholders about their priorities for the East of #England. https://x.com/TanDhesi/status/1633834654699769856/photo/1 [Source]
09 Mar 2023 Karin Smyth MP (@karinsmyth) .@UKLabour knows that to deliver the decent jobs of tomorrow we must win the race to be a green energy superpower.
Labour will back our car industry by supporting new electric battery factories across the UK, driving £30 billion of economic growth.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ [Source]
8th March 2023
08 Mar 2023 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) The construction of the UK’s first geothermal energy plant in Cornwall is a major step towards our net zero future
This investment will help the UK tap into the enormous potential of geothermal power, providing skilled green jobs and boosting energy resilience along the [Source]
08 Mar 2023 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) Thrilled to be confirmed as Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero @energygovuk,leading on energy security, climate, energy market reform, renewables, supporting our North Sea oil & gas industry to decarbonise &much more????????????–all key areas to achieving our net zero ambition [Source]
7th March 2023
07 Mar 2023 Nus Ghani MP (@Nus_Ghani) RT @futureNetZero: UK and Canada agree deal on EVs and solar
Collaboration on cobalt and lithium has been sealed, as demand looks to rise… [Source]
07 Mar 2023 Tim Farron MP (@timfarron) ???? Bus services are vital to our economy and tackling climate change.
In Parliament this morning I challenged ministers to:
- Make the £2 cap on bus fares permanent
- Give local authorities, like the new Westmorland and Furness Council, the power to run their own bus services https://x.com/timfarron/status/1633082613010186241/video/1 [Source]
06 Mar 2023 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @Ed_Miliband: The Conservatives are not leaders on net zero, they are lawbreakers.
13 years of failure on energy and climate has led t… [Source]
5th March 2023
05 Mar 2023 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @Ed_Miliband: The Conservatives are not leaders on net zero, they are lawbreakers.
13 years of failure on energy and climate has led t… [Source]
05 Mar 2023 Lucy Rigby MP (@LucyRigby) The Tories' lack of action on the #climatecrisis has been nothing short of negligent.
Sunak's failures just the latest in a litany of catastrophic decisions which have prevented progress towards cheaper, cleaner energy & addressing the #ClimateEmergency https://twitter.com/guardianeco/status/1632092807811964930 [Source]
05 Mar 2023 Sarah Gibson MP (@SarahGibsonLD) solar farms have the added benefit of protecting the land from speculative development. Important in this case given the proximity between settlements. The land gets a rest from farming and sustainable energy produced locally. Local resident's objections were understandable. https://twitter.com/Cath_Read/status/1631424933216518149 [Source]
05 Mar 2023 Chris Law MP (@ChrisLawSNP) RT @HumzaYousaf: ???????????????????????????? Today I've set out plans to ensure @ScotGov takes an equity stake in Scotland's enormous renewable energy potentia… [Source]
03 Mar 2023 Rishi Sunak MP (@RishiSunak) ➡️Next I went to Belfast to speak to businesses about how the framework will remove customs bureaucracy & provide a more prosperous Northern Ireland.
I also hosted a live Q&A where I took questions from the public, from climate change to food sustainability & corporation tax. https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1631662545013551104/photo/1 [Source]
2nd March 2023
02 Mar 2023 Sarah Gibson MP (@SarahGibsonLD) It was pleasure to hear John Barnes of Calne without parish council at Strategic planning committee state the importance of renewable energy [Source]
02 Mar 2023 Simon Lightwood MP (@simonlightwood) The Tories promised to deliver 4,000 zero emission buses, but only ???????????? have been ordered and just ???????????? are on our roads.
The Buses Minister needs to get out of first gear and start delivering on his promises. ???????????????????? ???????????? ???????????? ?????????????????????! https://x.com/simonlightwood/status/1631260810595950592/video/1 [Source]
01 Mar 2023 Pete Wishart MP (@PeteWishart) RT @pksnpgroup: Our budget aims to tackle climate change and support sustainable places. This includes investments of £75,000 to support bi… [Source]
01 Mar 2023 Andrew Bowie MP (@AndrewBowie_MP) As a Minister at @energygovuk, my focus will also be on the latest innovations such as fusion and how it feeds into our existing infrastructure.
We will ensure customers get the greenest, cleanest energy so we reach our #NetZero goals and tackle #ClimateChange.
3/3 [Source]