Thread by @GreenPartyWomen

.@tinalouiseUK kicks off our 'Powering Up to Take On Energy' event talking about @UK_Nanas anti-fracking mobilisation👇🏼

"I wanted to show how far the police would go to protect this polluting industry.

We wanted people to see there was this everyday abuse of residents" [thread]

She describes activist strategies, one of which is "To try & get some respect for the human that you are, rather than the activist than you are"

Tina talks about some of the fab women who make up @UK_Nanas, how it created community & supported each other: beautiful side effects.

On alternatives to fossil fuels: Fracking is so bad, so dangerous for people & the planet. When there is a bullet coming towards you, you just stop it.

Don't let that question derail you.

But of course renewable alternatives would provide all the energy we need.

Our co-chair @EmmaBatemanGPW talks about the campaign to stop the Sizewell C nuclear power station, on the coast in Suffolk, by French company EDF. She describes direct action, the Sizewell Camp & how activists would try to engage local parties, e.g. through information boards.

A lot of local people rely on jobs at the station. And now 25,000 more have been promised (though it's 25,000 job roles; not the same thing)

That is something you have to address & take into account.

Emma talks about the obfuscation & misinformation by EDF to make replying to consultations often the hard part - you have to work out what they are NOT saying rather than what they are saying. For example, where will they get the water from to power the station?

EDF now making promises of '25K jobs for a post-pandemic recovery'

When challenged by activists, they admitted they mean 'job ROLES' which could mean a position that lasts for only 1 or 2 months

@edfenergy haven't challenged @LenMcCluskey repeating 25K jobs (not job roles) line

This project should never have been allowed to get this far

@edfenergy now planning to cut down a forest for a visitors' centre

"Building a nuclear power station on an eroding coast on a flood zone is not a smart idea"

"We need to make it as hard for them as possible"

One of the biggest issues: jobs

Fellow campaigner against Sizewell C Jennifer Kirkley explains that people want the jobs & are falsely promised

But no one tells them about the impact of the project on tourism, on nature, on the environment, on local people, on the local economy

The next speaker is former Green MEP of the Eastern region @catherinerowett talking about her work on greening Eastern England in regards to transport, research, energy. She talks about the #GreenNewDeal report she published: catherinerowett.org/wp-content/upl…

Jobs narrative around nuclear power is misleading - nuclear jobs are not available for years and years & there are fewer. They are also undermined by huge environmental & financial cost of station.

Renewable energy, like offshore wind, provides much more & better quality jobs.

.@catherinerowett: If we invested into renewable energy infrastructure what we invest into fossil fuels, we would have enough energy to power us & have loads more jobs, better paid, more secure & more connected to the community

But as well as cleaner energy, we need to reduce demand for energy.

This means looking at what energy is spent on - travel, buildings, industry - and questioning the way we measure economic success: GDP.

More from @CarolineLucas on this: politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

.@EmmaBatemanGPW & @catherinerowett talk about gendered different thinking

Women more risk averse, more active against nuclear (power & weapons) & less technophile, ie not wanting unrealistic silver bullet techno solutions to energy problem but wanting to reimagine whole economy