🚨On Thurs, Govt will seek to make amends for last year's unlawful Net Zero Strategy. Yet just last week, Ministers shunned a whole suite of climate solutions proposed by @CommonsEAC 2 months ago to deliver lower emissions & cheaper energy bills.
Let me take you through them 🧵
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1640315068549087232
@CommonsEAC said: Set an end date for new oil & gas licences, and ensure this date falls well before 2050 🛢️
Govt response: totally ignore the question, and just say "we will need oil and gas for decades to come".
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1640315070264508421
@CommonsEAC said: Bring forward a ban on flaring in the North Sea (also recommended by @CSkidmoreUK's Net Zero Review) to 2025 at the very latest 🔥
Govt said: We've already set a "challenging" target... of 7 years' time.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1640315072454033408
@CommonsEAC said: Allocate a proportion of money raised from the windfall tax to improve energy efficiency, slashing emissions and energy bills 💸
Govt said: Nope, this would have a "constraining impact" on public finances.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1640315074634981377
@CommonsEAC said: End the de facto ban on onshore wind, and set targets to expand generating capacity by 2035 as already happens with offshore wind, solar etc. ⚡️
Govt said: Sorry, we're still "consulting" - and nope, we're leaving this in the hands of "the market".
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1640315077113856001
@CommonsEAC said: Introduce tax breaks for renewables investment ☀️
Govt said: No chance, we will continue to offer enormous tax breaks to fossil fuel companies, but we're going to leave renewable companies high & dry.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1640315079286484993
This Thursday won't be Green Day at all, but Climate Crime Day – possibly approving a major climate-wrecking oil field & more tax relief for fossil fuel giants, while rejecting abundant & affordable onshore wind & solar, & funding energy efficiency. These climate crimes must stop
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1640315081903816705