URGENT. Please sign and share the COP26 Coalition West Midlands petition to regional Mayor @andy4wm and @WestMids_CA calling for urgent action on zero carbon https://t.co/YsQ9gbdrr4
NEW: The Government is facing mounting pressure to stop the UK's poorest families being forced onto controversial prepayment #energy meters as cross-party MPs call for an urgent ban ⚡️ @fpeeg@theipaper https://t.co/BW7JkJdkR2
There are 3 ways MPs can help #BanForcedPPMs
📝 Sign @DanCardenMP’s Early Day Motion (690) on involuntary switching
📝 Sign @jon_trickett’s EDM (686) on compulsory pre-payment meters
🗣️ Attend @AnneMcLaughlin’s Commons debate on Thurs
Tag your MP if you think they should help
UK & EU energy / climate policy has changed significantly over the last few years. This paper, published today, presents 3 scenarios for how the relationship with the EU, might evolve between now & 2035. #Brexit@CH_Environment@WarwickBSchool https://t.co/9MMXgntGIP Thread 👇
2. The 'most fundamental legal protections' are in the process of being destroyed as the UK government 'attacks' the natural world with 'bulldozers and concrete'. This is from a major, normally restrained, conservative NGO.
See thread:
https://t.co/m2mKInhOdR
UK currently has 9 TWh of gas stored, compared with 217 TWh in Germany, 122 TWh in France & 162 TWh in Italy.
"The UK government dismantled its largest gas storage facility in 2017, a decision taken by then chief secretary to the treasury – Liz Truss."
https://t.co/mTMtIbcFw4
@beatcold and Potteries Moneywise show how fuel poverty is affecting more and more people in Staffs and what can be done to slash bills with insulation and solar https://t.co/AsPOMvdzqK
If 43% of UK adults do not pay tax (IFS sourced) as they are carers, low paid, pensioners, unemployed etc. - how will tax cuts help them pay the £4,000 fuel and utility bills forecast?
NEW: #EnoughIsEnough has written to prime minister @BorisJohnson imploring him to urgently recall parliament.
Sitting down with energy companies and walking away with no new measures is a dereliction of duty.
He must act now: stop the October price hike.
@LizClements@birminghamcg22 If Birmingham joined the growing list of cities providing free public transport we'd make even bigger strides towards decarbonising transport & tackling the #ClimateEmergency 💚
https://t.co/pXITBPEQ25
If every person who's been on a @birminghamcg22 shuttle #bus & had great experience opts to swop a few car journeys a week for the bus, we'd make big strides towards decarbonising transport. We can tackle the #climateemergency by taking steps in our daily lives. #PublicTransport
On the left is a 2020 Met Office prediction of what a 2050 summer heatwave could look like.
On the right is a BBC weather forecast made this morning, for this coming Tuesday.
The Climate Crisis is real and it's happening now. Wake the f**k up.
#carculture is a choice which has spoiled cities and cost millions of lives. We can make better choices to reclaim streets for people and help tackle the #climateemergency