Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, former leader and co-leader of @TheGreenParty, Mum of two. A better world is possible. Let’s make it happen
Joined Apr 2022
"Climate targets may mean higher taxes", reports @BBCNews. Hmm, I wonder who those higher taxes could be targeted at...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64597981
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The sewage scandal is all over our media. MPs' inboxes are full of constituents horrified at state of our waterways. Our @CommonsEAC report last year found a chemical cocktail in every river in the UK. Yet our Govt *still* turns a blind eye & lets private water firms off the hook
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NHS staff risked their lives to protect us during pandemic - now many with #LongCovid could lose jobs as Govt slashes support. Our @AppgCoronavirus demands key workers with #LongCovid get full compensation & Long Covid is recognised as occupational disease
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-heroes-horrific-long-covid-29199446
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RT @EllaRobertaFdn: Dear @10DowningStreet, in PMQ’s last wk @CarolineLucas asked you to meet us, you didn’t respond to the request. In your response you claimed the UK’s air targets are world beating, as you can see from the letter from health professionals it is anything but. We’re in a PHe crisis!
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RT @peterwalker99: This is interesting. Therese Coffey has said the government has evidence that reducing air pollution levels to a 2030 target rather than 2040 won't work.... but they won't release the evidence. At least not yet.
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Minister refuses to release modelling compelling her to adopt 2040 air pollution target, not 2030 target like EC, WHO, London Mayor & OEP all recommend. If you've already used evidence to reach your conclusion, why does it need more Govt process?
Minister: "It just does" 🤦♀️
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Staggering complacency from Minister on air pollution just now. Says her “evidence” suggests 2030 target for reducing pollutant PM2.5 is unachievable. Yet apparently she can’t publish evidence as it’s going through Govt “process”. Their utter incompetence is putting lives at risk
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As President Zelenskyy addresses Parliament about Putin's terrible war in Europe, we should remember the European Convention on Human Rights, drafted in aftermath of WW2, is more relevant than ever as we think of the bravery of Ukrainian people and the horrors inflicted upon them
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Oil giant Equinor has today recorded profits of £62 billion for 2022. Yet rather than properly taxing their North Sea drilling, Govt is handing them a gas giveaway of billions in tax relief to invest in more climate-wrecking oil & gas. So much for the new ‘Department of Net Zero’
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3 million scientific procedures are carried out using animals each year. Pleased to support @RSPCA_official in campaigning for an end to the cruel, outdated use of animals in experiments @beisgovuk
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Solidarity with striking nurses today - tough for those working in #NHS & those using it. Govt not paying nurses properly is a political choice. It could strengthen windfall tax, cancel fossil fuel subsidies, levy wealth tax. Yet Sunak won't even come to table & negotiate @theRCN
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🚨HAPPENING THIS MORNING🚨
Scottish Chief Medical Officer @DrGregorSmith is leading a briefing for MPs on how climate action can improve people’s health & reduce strain on #NHS. MPs MUST hear the evidence loud & clear.
Make sure your MP is attending 👇
https://action.ukhealthalliance.org/page/120577/action/1
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Another day, another fossil fuel giant announces record profits. Firms like BP are climate criminals, polluting our planet & escaping with billions. Rather than make them pay for climate-wrecking damage, Govt has designed massive windfall tax loophole worth billions. It must stop
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Proud to stand in solidarity with striking @theRCN members - so powerful hearing from nurses in #Brighton this morning. Many are exhausted working extra shifts to make ends meet - last year 14% used food banks. But they’re also striking to defend the #NHS & demand more investment
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🚨HAPPENING TOMORROW🚨
@DrGregorSmith, Chief Medical Officer on climate, is briefing MPs on how climate action can protect our health & reduce strain on #NHS. MPs must hear the evidence loud & clear.
Is your MP going? Ask them to attend here 👇
https://action.ukhealthalliance.org/page/120577/action/1
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Today is biggest #NHS strike in history. It’s tough for those working in it & those using it - but nurses & ambulance workers are striking because they’re underpaid, understaffed & undervalued by 13 years of Tory Govt. Ministers *must* get round table & deliver fair & decent pay
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The #climateemergency is impacting our health & putting the #NHS under strain.
On Tuesday @DrGregorSmith, Chief Medical Officer on climate, will brief MPs on how protecting the planet can help protect ourselves.
Please ask your MP to attend here 👇
https://action.ukhealthalliance.org/page/120577/action/1
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15th February marks 10 years since the death of 9 year-old Ella Roberta Adoo Kissi-Debrah. I'll be thinking of her mother Rosamund @EllaRobertaFdn on a night of art, music & speeches on South Bank, honouring her legacy
https://invisibledust.com/projects/breathe-for-ella/
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🚨On Tuesday @DrGregorSmith, Chief Medical Officer on climate, is briefing MPs on how climate action can protect our health & reduce strain on #NHS. MPs *must* hear the evidence loud & clear.
Please fill in this template & ask your MP to attend here 👇
https://action.ukhealthalliance.org/page/120577/action/1
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It’s #GreenFootballWeekend - if we’re going to protect the future of the game, we need to protect our planet too. It’s time to stop the sportswashing, & kick fossil fuels out of football ⚽️
@PlanetLge @FossilFreeFoot @pledge_ball
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Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, former leader and co-leader of @TheGreenParty, Mum of two. A better world is possible. Let’s make it happen
Joined Apr 2022
