Thursday 23 January 2020 Environment / Luke Pollard Luke Pollard responds to Committee on Climate Change report on land use Continue Reading
Saturday 7 December 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Labour has the most ambitious programme to tackle the climate and environmental emergency – Rebecca Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Monday 2 December 2019 Environment / Jon Trickett Redacted report shows Tories bend over backwards to serve interests of big business Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Environment / Jeremy Corbyn Full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on Labour’s environmental policies Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Environment / Jon Trickett Government suppresses report that calls into question the viability of fracking Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Environment / Jeremy Corbyn / Sue Hayman Labour announces plans for ten new National Parks in England Continue Reading
Tuesday 26 November 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long-Bailey responds to UN calls for urgent action to cut emissions Continue Reading
Friday 15 November 2019 Climate Change / Environment / Sue Hayman ‘Boris Johnson cannot greenwash his atrocious environmental record’ – Sue Hayman responds to the Conservatives’ tree planting pledge Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 November 2019 Brexit / Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to Boris Johnson’s claim that Brexit will create a “green energy revolution” Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 November 2019 Environment / Flooding / Jeremy Corbyn Labour pledges £5.6 billion to level up flood defences Continue Reading
Sunday 3 November 2019 Energy / Environment / Jeremy Corbyn / Rebecca Long Bailey Warm Homes for All – Labour’s plan to reduce energy bills, create jobs and tackle the climate emergency Continue Reading
Saturday 2 November 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Tories u-turn on their fracking policy within hours of announcing it – Becky Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Saturday 2 November 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Government temporarily halts fracking – Rebecca Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Friday 1 November 2019 Environment / Housing / Jeremy Corbyn / John Healey Labour pledges to make all new homes zero carbon within three years Continue Reading
Friday 1 November 2019 Climate Change / Environment / Sue Hayman Boris Johnson has failed to meet parliament’s deadline to tackle the climate and environment emergency Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 October 2019 Environment / Jon Trickett Conservatives’ manifesto will be written by lobbyist for frackers, tax dodgers and zero-hour exploiters – Trickett Continue Reading
Thursday 24 October 2019 Energy / Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Labour welcomes report putting UK onto the path to net zero energy emissions in the 2030s Continue Reading
Thursday 17 October 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Loophole in government’s Environment Bill – Sue Hayman responds Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 October 2019 Environment / Luke Pollard Coastal residents earn £1,600 less – Luke Pollard responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 24 September 2019 Energy / Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Electric Car Revolution – Labour’s plan to strengthen the UK automobile industry, creating and safeguarding 220,000 jobs Continue Reading
Sunday 22 September 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Government biodiversity fund – Sue Hayman responds Continue Reading
Friday 13 September 2019 Environment / Luke Pollard / Water / Water Industry Watchdog calls for more urgency in tackling water supply disruption and leakage – Luke Pollard responds Continue Reading
Wednesday 11 September 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Badger cull licenses issued – Sue Hayman responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 27 August 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Ban fracking after record earthquake, Labour demands Continue Reading
Thursday 22 August 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Lancashire fracking: 1.55 magnitude tremor halts work – Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Wednesday 14 August 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to research showing fracking has led to a dramatic increase in methane emissions Continue Reading
Sunday 11 August 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Labour demands review into driven grouse shooting Continue Reading
Saturday 10 August 2019 Brexit / Environment / Luke Pollard Email slip-up reveals no-deal fishing patrol ‘uncertainty’ – Pollard Continue Reading
Saturday 3 August 2019 Environment / Luke Pollard / Water / Water Industry Our rivers not safe for swimming shows need for public ownership of water – Luke Pollard Continue Reading
Thursday 1 August 2019 Economy / Environment / John McDonnell Report on environmental breakdown and the economy – McDonnell responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 30 July 2019 Business / Energy / Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Fears Johnson will scrap energy price cap – Rebecca Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 July 2019 Climate Change / Environment / Jeremy Corbyn Government set to miss climate targets by 50 years – Corbyn Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 July 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Preparing for Climate Change report – Sue Hayman responds Continue Reading
Thursday 4 July 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to fall in the number of hybrid cars sold Continue Reading
Tuesday 2 July 2019 Economy / Environment / John McDonnell John McDonnell comments on the launch of the government’s Green Finance Strategy Continue Reading
Wednesday 26 June 2019 Animal Welfare / Environment / Sue Hayman Animal Sentencing Bill announcement – Sue Hayman responds Continue Reading
Monday 24 June 2019 Economy / Environment / Peter Dowd Peter Dowd responds to government legislation hiking VAT for renewable energy technologies Continue Reading
Friday 31 May 2019 Environment Luke Pollard responds to new Marine Conservation Zones announcement Continue Reading
Wednesday 22 May 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Plastics plan falls short while recycling rates slump – Hayman Continue Reading
Wednesday 1 May 2019 Environment / Jeremy Corbyn Labour’s successful climate emergency motion can set off wave of action around globe Continue Reading
Tuesday 30 April 2019 Environment / Jeremy Corbyn Corbyn calls on MPs to accept “historic duty” and declare a climate emergency with “no time to waste” Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 April 2019 Climate Change / Environment Jeremy Corbyn meets 16-year old climate activist Greta Thunberg Continue Reading
Thursday 28 March 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey These figures show the Government is failing on climate change when nothing less than a Green Industrial Revolution is needed – Long Bailey Continue Reading
Sunday 24 March 2019 Environment / Jeremy Corbyn / Rebecca Long Bailey Tory fracking dash equivalent to the lifetime emissions of 300 million cars Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 March 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Sue Hayman responds to warning that England could run out of water in 25 years Continue Reading
Wednesday 27 February 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Saddleworth Moor wildfires are climate change wake up call – Sue Hayman Continue Reading
Monday 18 February 2019 Environment / Sue Hayman Sue Hayman response to Michael Gove’s consultation on weekly food waste collections Continue Reading
Thursday 14 February 2019 Environment Despite all of Michael Gove’s grandstanding on plastic pollution, the rate of recycling for packaging went down last year – Sandy Martin Continue Reading
Tuesday 5 February 2019 Andy McDonald / Environment / Transport Labour will provide free bus travel for under-25s – Andy McDonald responds to Friends of the Earth report Continue Reading