Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu

"More trees the only way to lock up carbon and stop the construction industry belching out carbon" Richard Stanford Forestry Commission #confortimber @CEIBois @TimberDevUK @ForestryComm @forestsandwood

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“Timber is the only way to reduce emissions from the construction industry” Richard Stanford Forestry Commission ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@ForestryComm⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩ #confortimber

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“Significant scientific evidence that commercial forestry is more effective at removing carbon from the atmosphere than native forest” Dr Andrew Cameron ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩

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RT @scotwoodlands: Forestry Minister - Trudy Harrison- "What has all the fuss been about - we need to plant more conifer forests"
#confortimber

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Crikey he’s done it again. “We need a national debate re land use”. Spot on from Philip Dunne MP ⁦@GeorgeMonbiot⁩ ⁦@friends_earth⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@MikeChilds1⁩ #confortimber

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RT @AJPendleton: I’ve not followed the #cumbriacoalmine debacle closely, but a very cursory look at the project reveals 80%+ of the coking coal is expected to be exported - and why wouldn’t it be? So the energy security defence is clearly nonsense (as it is with fracking).

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Hallelujah! A politician nails it. “We are going to have to change how our countryside looks if we are to reach net zero”. Well said Philip Dunne MP. #confortimber ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩

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“We are serious about forestry & timber” new DEFRA minister responsible for forestry declares. 30K hectares will be planted in 2023. Hurrah! #confortimber ⁦@DefraGovUK⁩ ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩

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“Reducing the amount of embodied carbon in construction” can be achieved through greater wood use. Spot on from new forestry minister Trudy Harrison MP #confortimber ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩

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“We must grow more conifers” a clear & welcome message from the new DEFRA minister responsible for forestry Trudy Harrison MP #confortimber ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩ ⁦@DefraGovUK⁩

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We need more trees & hence more wood grown in the UK as we have amongst the lowest forest cover in Europe consequently we import vast amounts of timber #confortimber ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩

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Some conferences have better views then others ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩

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Looking forward to today’s Confor conference ‘Timber! Why the UK needs the wood - and the trees’ ⁦@forestsandwood⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩

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RT @TomBarnesWood: I am at the @forestsandwood conference today to launch the National Wood Strategy for England #NWSE . The purpose? To put productivity back on the top table of policy priorities. @GrowninBritain @ForestryComm @ForestryEngland @royal_forestry @TheICF

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@PACooperative @davidleemedia @forestsandwood @John_Forestry @EnglandConfor @dbrforest @GeorginaThomas0 @HarryStudholme @ClintonDevon @TomBarnesWood @Rachael_Clamp I'll be there - looking forward to listening, learning and discussing.

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Surely Labour can kill this stone dead by saying if elected at the next general election they will terminate this coal mine @Ed_Miliband https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/07/uk-first-new-coalmine-for-30-years-gets-go-ahead-in-cumbria?CMP=share_btn_tw

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We don’t have a government we have a death cult. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63892381

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@NileGardiner But it’s not nonsense to people who believe climate change is a danger to all live on earth. It’s only nonsense to 🦕🦖 which are you Nile?

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As I read this, the government are going to consult on what consulting would involve. This is ‘Yes Minister’ style can kicking down the road. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63880999

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RT @MichaelSadgrove: A class 156 hurries through #HaydonBridge on its way to #Carlisle. After many weeks during which the Tyne Valley Line has been closed near Carlisle owing to a derailment, today is the first day that through trains have been restored. ⁦@TVCRP⁩ @tvrug ⁦@northernassist

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