Ellie Chowns @EllieChownsMEP@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Herefordshire Councillor & Cabinet Member for Environment & Economy. @TheGreenParty spokesperson on Housing & Communities. Former MEP. Mum, activist, optimist!
Joined Apr 2022
Insulation, insulation, insulation.
Instead of just channelling money from govt to energy companies via households and businesses, govt should be thinking long-term and investing in insulation to tackle #EnergyBills & create jobs.
RT @insidehousing: National £7bn-a-year retrofit plan would cut £430 from households’ annual energy bills https://t.co/IhGnnNC5Cj #ukhousing
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RT @GreenPartyMolly: Business leaders urge PM to accelerate net zero transition to tackle energy crisis
Even corporations like IKEA, Siemens, Sky, Aviva and Amazon are way ahead of govt
They understand that addressing climate and biodiversity crises is good for our economy
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RT @carla_denyer: To bring bills and emissions down for good, Govt support for businesses MUST be smarter and more targeted than just a blanket cap on wholesale energy costs.
More than 100 UK businesses have called on Govt to prioritise energy efficiency, renewables, & industrial decarbonisation.
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Last chance to respond to this. Too often, short-term lets are closing down housing opportunities for long-term tenants. Have your say:
RT @emptyhomes: Airbnb short-lets suck housing out of residential use, Government is conducting a 'Call for Evidence' consultation use it to detail impacts and call for new local controls as in Scotland and Wales
You need to respond before September 21st, details: https://www.actiononemptyhomes…
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Rents in the UK are now at the highest rate on record.
Why? A massive shortage of affordable housing.
We need urgent govt action to create more affordable, well-insulated, cheap-to-heat homes.
RT @BigIssue: The lowest median monthly rent could be found in Kingston upon Hull, Middlesbrough and Burnley at £450
https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/rents-in-the-uk-are-rising-at-the-highest-rate-for-14-years-will-they-keep-going-up/
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RT @ZackPolanski: ✖️ If the Government think fracking is the answer, they're asking the wrong questions.
@TheGreenParty do have answers:
🏢 Insulate homes.
☀️ Invest in renewables.
✅ Actual windfall tax on fossil fuels.
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RT @aw_bell: “The UK is in an economic, energy and climate meltdown. Yet the government continues to shun the green home upgrades that offer a viable way out of this mess."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/20/energy-saving-measures-could-boost-uk-economy-by-7bn-a-year-study-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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RT @EndFuelPoverty: Without government action, the cost of living and energy crisis will drive millions into poverty this winter.
No one should choose between heating and eating
We Demand To Be #WarmThisWinter
https://www.warmthiswinter.org.uk/get-involved/this-winter
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RT @BigIssue: It’s not just sewage to blame. Rivers and seas are also being polluted with plastics, urban runoff and agricultural runoff
https://www.bigissue.com/news/environment/why-englands-rivers-are-so-polluted-and-will-be-for-years-to-come/
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RT @guardian: Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/29/major-sea-level-rise-caused-by-melting-of-greenland-ice-cap-is-now-inevitable-27cm-climate?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1661785244
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RT @Channel4News: “Climate change is a reality, it is not a fiction.”
Pakistan’s minister for planning and development Ahsan Iqbal tells @cathynewman extreme floods in Pakistan are “clear proof” of the impact of global warming.
https://www.channel4.com/news/climate-change-is-a-reality-not-fiction-pakistan-minister-says
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Clear explanation from Carla of what’s really needed to tackle the #EnergyCrisis:
✂️Return to the price cap of last October
⚡️Nationalise the big 5 energy companies
🏡Nationwide programme of home insulation
☀️Major investment in cheap renewables
RT @BBCNewsnight: “Much higher taxes on dirty oil and gas profits and on the super wealthy”
Green Party co-leader @carla_denyer tells #Newsnight about her party’s plan to tackle the energ…
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This chart shows just how shortsighted the Tory government has been. And now we’re seeing the consequences.
RT @b_judah: Imagine where we could have been:
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Brilliant evening last night with the wonderful community group Friends of Bartonsham Meadows! 😊
Inspiring vision for transforming this much-loved Hereford green space for wildlife and wellbeing, with the help of our local wildlife trust @HerefordshireWT! 👏
🌸🐝🐞🦋🌿💚
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Great to be live on @bbchw in Leominster this morning, talking about how home insulation and #energyefficiency can help tackle the #CostOfLivingCrisis. #KeepHerefordshireWarm @HfdsCouncil
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In the face of the #EnergyCrisis, home insulation *must* become the government’s top priority.
Reducing energy demand by increasing #EnergyEfficiency is the most important step the government can take to ensure the UK’s long-term #EnergySecurity.
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RT @TheGreenParty: Two-thirds of families in the UK could be trapped in fuel poverty this winter.
This is not inevitable.
Our cost of living offer would reverse the energy price hikes and bring the big 5 energy companies into public hands.
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RT @as_penarth: Last year not for profit Dŵr Cymru paid 3 of its top executives performance related bonuses of £931,000 despite over 100,000 cases of raw sewage being pumped into Welsh waterways over 12 months.
#SewageScandal
https://www.thenational.wales/environment/20670731.porthcawl-surf-school-closes-sewage-dump-severn-welsh-water/
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RT @TheGreenParty: ✊ It’s time to act. Our plan for fairer, greener bills.
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Help us elect more @TheGreenParty councillors in Herefordshire next May! 🗳️
Greens in power have made a massive positive difference here over the past 3+ years 🏡🌳🚌🚲
Please chip in to help us double our numbers and our impact in 2023! 💚💚
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/double-the-greens-in-herefordshire
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Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Herefordshire Councillor & Cabinet Member for Environment & Economy. @TheGreenParty spokesperson on Housing & Communities. Former MEP. Mum, activist, optimist!
Joined Apr 2022
