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@SiOldridge
Mar 31, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Good to chat with my MP @AnthonyMangnal1 at last night's sewage meeting. Anthony offered this in defence of the Gov's climate record:

1/ UK's better than others in Europe & could I name a single country with more wind power. I said it's not a competition, but anyway👇
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2/ He said it's better to use our cleaner coal than dirty Polish coal. Similar with oil. I explained that the IPCC, CCC & IEA say new fossil fuels are not consistent with 1.5°C. We don't even need them because science shows 100% renewables is feasible.
brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/…
3/ I added that science tells us 60% of existing oil and gas reserves must stay in the ground for even a 50% chance of 1.5°C. I said our new fossils would be extra: which other country would cut output?
World prices could crash, threatening the transition.
nature.com/articles/s4158…
4/ @benwhlong asked @AnthonyMangnal1 whether he accepted the IPCC's warning that ignoring the science on new fossil fuels presented a grave risk to our future. Anthony said he wasn't sure, he'd need to see more evidence.
Let me know if this isn't enough:
report.ipcc.ch/ar6syr/pdf/IPC…
5/ Anthony said that I was wearing a coat containing oil products and really shouldn't criticise the government from such a hypocritical position.
6/ Anthony also said our emissions are tiny compared to China etc. I said we need targets on imported emissions.
And whilst we can’t preach, we can lead, by passing the #CEBill. Others will follow just as they did when the Cons Gov adopted net zero by 2050.
7/ I asked Anthony what he though about the Gov's OWN projections showing us missing our Paris NDC by 40% and our 6th carbon budget by 100%.
He suggested the large number of new 'green day' policies would deal with this. But.... Image
8/ Still analysing the huge Green Day document drop which does contain some positive content, but the pushing ahead with new N Sea oil and gas seriously undermines UK' credentials.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

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May 12
I urge everyone to read this comprehensive warning from leading climate scientists about the grave dangers we face by failing to tackle climate change.
A thread quoting key points: 🧵
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…
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1️⃣"Scientists suspect the last several years have been warmer than any point in more than 125,000 years. Yet demand for oil climbed to over 100 million barrels per day in 2023, the highest in history."
and emissions keep rising... Image
2️⃣"Despite decades of global investment in clean energy, fossil fuels still provide over 80% of global energy use, a figure that has not changed for decades."
spglobal.com/commodityinsig…
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Read 11 tweets
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Apr 21
How can #bbclaurak do a special on #netzero without bothering to research the basics and then totally failing to call out disinformation? A quick 🧵rebutting some of the worst of it....
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
1️⃣Preposterous science denier @LukeJohnsonRCP says #netzero will make ordinary people poorer & colder. Yet study after study shows renewables can supply all our energy needs and deliver huge savings, with a rapid payback #bbclaurak

brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/…
2️⃣Net zero secretary @ClaireCoutinho, linked to shady oil-funded Policy Exchange lobby group, says people don't want 'costs heaped on them'.
Classic misdirection.
Transition to renewables is necessary for national security, and the alternative is a MUCH higher cost to the nation.
It's totally obvious that the state should therefore pay to protect our nation, just as it does for guns and missiles at times of war.
This is really basic stuff. Why doesn't @bbclaurak hold them to account on it?
Read 8 tweets
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Apr 14
UK Gov is pledging £billions of public money to the fossil fuel industry for unproven industrial CO₂ removal. But here's how nature can do the job, with an array of co-benefits, at far lower cost. A short🧵 1/ zerohour.uk/reports/
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2️⃣ Restoring nature will:
✅ protect against extreme heat, flooding, drought ✅ absorb CO₂ at far lower cost than tech
✅ create lots of jobs
✅ mean putting ££ into local communities instead of giving it to the polluters
3️⃣Why does our Gov ignore nature?
🟢Nature doesn’t have well-funded lobbyists like the polluters
🟢Unleashing nature's potential means tackling our inefficient livestock-heavy use of land, encouraging a more pant-rich diet - blocked by vested interests.
@ProVeg_UK @Plant_Treaty
Read 7 tweets
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Mar 31
This is @ClaireCoutinho, the UK's Net Zero minister. Her twitter feed reads like it was written by an oil company.
Here's a quick flavour: 🧵
opendemocracy.net/en/policy-exch…
1️⃣🚨Misleading🚨
Once you account for all the manufacturing we've offshored, plus✈️&🚢emissions ignored, our total footprint has fallen by just 23% since 1990. <1% a year.
And that ignores large emissions from industrial fishing, military, and bioenergy.


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2️⃣It's so dishonest to call this investment a ‘cost’.
Experts agree that decarbonising will deliver huge savings - in addition to being necessary to avert the worst of climate change. Labour’s plans are far too weak, but still a big improvement.
ox.ac.uk/new/2022-09-14…
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Read 10 tweets
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Jan 1
The Conservative Gov killed off a major program to insulate the UK's appallingly inefficient homes, and despite the Ukraine crisis, has done almost nothing to save wasted energy—the cheapest, fastest way to cut emissions.
UK homes lose heat 3X faster than German homes.
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2/ The Conservatives cancelled the Code for Sustainable Homes which would've required all new homes to be zero carbon (and super-cheap to heat) by 2016. They did this in response to lobbying from Persimmon Homes, a major donor to their party.
businessgreen.com/news/3072448/p…
3/ Gov has failed to take any action to curb sales of SUVs, which are incredibly wasteful of materials and fuel - extraordinarily negligent given the worsening climate and energy crisis.
Read 4 tweets
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Dec 8, 2023
Why is this man permitted to push Big Oil propaganda on the BBC, putting at risk the action needed to preserve our civilisation? The QT format doesn't give time for this to be called out.
So here's the fact-checking the BBC should do:🧵... Image
1️⃣"We're just one small part"
Would Hitchens accept that pathetic excuse from a child dropping litter?🙄
Anyway, UK is the 17th largest emitter of 195 nations, and 5th biggest in terms of excess CO₂ in the atmosphere. Take responsibility Peter!
zerohour.uk/the-uk-is-smal…
2️⃣"Nobody can afford heating" - numerous studies including from the Gov's expert adviser, @theCCCuk, show that over the long term, switching to heat pumps will save money, as well as freeing us from dependence on gas sold at international market prices
theccc.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
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Read 10 tweets

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