David Walsh

Head of Public Affairs for an international environmental charity. Missing living close to the mountains & the sea. Own opinions

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Leaving.

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[WWF Politics 🌍 @WWF_UK_Politics]

This week WWF published its report on the @bankofengland ‘s progress in addressing climate and nature risks threatening UK growth, inflation, and financial stability 🌍🏦🐼
Read the full report👉https://t.co/pbdQc0Lnid and see @CommonsEAC Chair, @tobyperkinsmp 's thoughts 👇

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Leaving.

Find me with the same name in a different place.

[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment @EnvironmentAPPG]

Fascinating to hear from Dame Glenys Stacey this morning on @OfficeforEP's new progress report on the Environmental Improvement Plan

Govt needs to "speed up, scale up, and make sure its plans stack up”, says the OEP.

Thanks to Vice Chair @Wera_Hobhouse for chairing!

[Helena Bennett @helena_bennett_]

Wild that proposed airport expansions - which have dodgy claims to increase economic growth at best - would wipe out the emissions savings from Labour's 2030 clean power plan

There's little point in going hard on climate in some areas while going backwards on others...

[Al Gore @algore]

Today, President Trump will issue a series of Executive Orders that deny the climate emergency facing our country in favor of a phony “energy emergency”. These performative acts show the pervasive influence that the fossil fuel industry will have in the United States over the next four years. But make no mistake, the global Sustainability Revolution is unstoppable.

As was the case in 2017, withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement is a shortsighted abdication of leadership that will only serve to put our nation at a disadvantage. Clinging to the industries of the past instead of embracing the industries of the future may boost the short-term profits of fossil fuel companies, but it will come at the expense of the broader American economy - including American workers who risk being left behind.

This is the first of what will be many attempts to ignore reality and try to stall the world’s unstoppable and irreversible move to a clean energy economy. But these proclamations are not reflective of our political and economic reality. These efforts to roll back progress – particularly the hugely popular clean energy investments in the Inflation Reduction Act – will be met with opposition from both political parties.

That’s why, in the coming weeks, months, and years, climate leaders and activists must not be deterred or distracted. From extreme weather disasters like Hurricane Helene and the still burning Los Angeles wildfires, to the growing number of climate refugees, to competitiveness in the global economy, the climate crisis will have profound consequences for the United States over the next four years.

If the new Administration won’t lead on this issue, it is up to all of us. Now is the time for Governors, Mayors, business leaders, investors, and activists to put their heads down and do the work that will advance the climate solutions our nation and the world so urgently need. We were able to keep up the pace of climate action during the first Trump Administration, and it is urgent that we take up the mantle once again.

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Nope.
He did the same in 2017 (officially withdrawing in 2019). The agreement will continue to function without the US. We will get on with it, and many businesses and states will do the same.

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

The Paris Agreement is officially dead. Trump plans to pull the US out and drill for as much oil and gas as possible, prioritizing profits over the planet. A devastating blow to global climate action.

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Obviously it's a signal of intent, and I'll withdraw through the correct process and it takes 12 months isn't the best line in a speech. But the world is more complex than Trumpism allows for, and it's important to remember that when comparing what he says with actual reality.

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Trump not understanding the treaty he's signed up to. It takes 12 months to withdraw following notification being made.

[emily m @maitlis]

Trump: I’m immediately withdrawing from the Paris Climate change rip off …

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

Backing a 3rd Runway at Heathrow would shred government’s credibility in one fell swoop & potentially launch greatest single environmental campaign this country has seen. Can’t believe that the Cabinet would make this mistake & put do many seats at risk. https://t.co/youyabnhpY

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Horrendous headline, horrendous write up, horrendous paper.

[Jack Surfleet @jacksurfleet]

Tuesday's DAILY TELEGRAPH: Starmer accused over Southport
#TomorrowsPapersToday

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

"Heathrow Lounge" sponsorships at party conferences, receptions, goody bags for new MPs - ultimately buying access by donating to political parties buys the answer businesses want.

[Ailbhe Rea @PronouncedAlva]

SCOOP: Rachel Reeves is preparing to publicly support a third runway at Heathrow in her growth speech this month.

Government is set to approve controversial expansions to Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton as part of its growth push.
https://t.co/vibgOhwX2V

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

@dc_lawrence How to align those policies with delivery of net zero, and an 81% emissions reduction by 2035?

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

That money's gonna trickle down, right?

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Was it before or after we left the EU that we stopped knowing who we are and entered this apparent period of decline? And might that have anything to do with it?

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I truly despise what the incompetent and spiteful British establishment has done to our country, I really do.

Not too long ago, we knew who we were - confident, assertive, optimistic, unafraid, calm, funny!

Now? The joy has been sucked away, replaced by this dour pessimism and boring hate for anything that made Britain so great. I don't want that, and I don't think the vast majority of Brits do either.

Watching Trump and the Americans today, it's honestly made more determined than ever to restore what we had.

I don't particularly care if we're liked by the rest of the world, I care if we're respected. Because right now, we're a joke, and have been for some time.

Learn from Trump - let's be unapologetically patriotic.

Slash tax across the board, enforce the border, deport those with no right to be here, accept biological reality, fight back against woke, bulldoze nonsensical foreign aid, eradicate DEI, deliver sensible infrastructure, carpet bomb public sector waste, and plenty more...

I love Britain. I really do. We've got the best people in the world. We need a Government that will put us first, protect our interests and get the hell out of our way.

The Americans have given the West a lifeline. We need to grab it with both hands.

Britain's relentless decline, under numerous inept and pathetic governments, comes to an end at the next election.

[Samaritans @samaritans]

Blue Monday isn’t real – don’t believe the hype you see today!

Here's why we’re binning it off to make space for ✨Brew Monday✨ instead.

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Also, if the Conservative Party is now back in the service of the British people, who were they serving for the last 14 years? At least when Starmer said it Labour hadn't been in power...

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Remember when the Conservatives really ran with a plagiarism story about Rachel Reeves?

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

The Conservative Party is changing.

We are under new leadership.

We are back in the service of the British people. And we are going to give you your country back.

Full link to my speech this afternoon here: https://t.co/S3FQ8yjP62

[David Walsh @Davidwalsh16]

Get fracking 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Remember the vote on that?
https://t.co/TVwSct56xh

[Liz Truss @trussliz]

Here's the way out @RachelReevesMP:
- Cut taxes
- Cut regulation
- Get fracking
- Limit the benefits bill 👇

[Helena Horton @horton_official]

Shadow energy sec is calling on Miliband to bring climate crisis deniers to government. Andrew Montford has said "The man in the street has been led to believe that global warming is a crisis. This is a lie." Kathryn Porter approves of Trump shutting down wind farms