Patrick Cook
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‼️The Carbon Price Support increases electricity costs by nearly four times more than it raises in revenue‼️
On 30 Sep 2024, the UK closed its last coal plant. This was the day we should have ended carbon price support – an extra tax to get coal off the grid. In the Budget, @RachelReevesMP has the chance to cut bills for millions + boost electrification, by ending CPS Here’s how:
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This is an excellent proposal 👇 Scrapping our top-up carbon tax that is solely on electricity would lower wholesale electricity prices and drive electrification It'd also welcome to see climate policy levers removed from the statute books once they've served their purpose
On 30 Sep 2024, the UK closed its last coal plant. This was the day we should have ended carbon price support – an extra tax to get coal off the grid. In the Budget, @RachelReevesMP has the chance to cut bills for millions + boost electrification, by ending CPS Here’s how:
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Carbon pricing is an effective way of cutting emissions, but when rates aren't uniform they can have unintended consequences for climate. We need people to go electric, but the Carbon Price Support pushes up the cost of (mostly green) electricity (vs gas). Counter-productive.
On 30 Sep 2024, the UK closed its last coal plant. This was the day we should have ended carbon price support – an extra tax to get coal off the grid. In the Budget, @RachelReevesMP has the chance to cut bills for millions + boost electrification, by ending CPS Here’s how:
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This is an excellent piece of analysis.
On 30 Sep 2024, the UK closed its last coal plant. This was the day we should have ended carbon price support – an extra tax to get coal off the grid. In the Budget, @RachelReevesMP has the chance to cut bills for millions + boost electrification, by ending CPS Here’s how:
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Rare that you get a no brainer in energy policy - this is a good thread on why we should scrap the carbon price support
On 30 Sep 2024, the UK closed its last coal plant. This was the day we should have ended carbon price support – an extra tax to get coal off the grid. In the Budget, @RachelReevesMP has the chance to cut bills for millions + boost electrification, by ending CPS Here’s how:
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@watt_direction and I make the case for removing it in this briefing for @BritishProgress here ->
britishprogress.org
Britain’s second carbon tax has served its purpose. Cutting it would save consumers money at minimal cost to the Government.
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'Why the left should embrace air conditioning as part of climate action' - LabourList
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For the past few years, we have been seeing record-high summer temperatures, and this year has been no different. In East Thanet, we’re lucky to…
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🚨 Guess who’s back? 🚨 Join us to celeb365 days of a Labour Government aboard the Emerald of London with drinks, DJs, and special guest speakers. 🥂🎶🛥 📅 Friday 4 July 📍 Thames River | 7–11pm 🎫 Book now at the link in our bio
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How is this not the biggest news story in the world?
🔌OpenAI’s o3 model sabotaged a shutdown mechanism to prevent itself from being turned off. It did this even when explicitly instructed: allow yourself to be shut down.
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🆕 🧵@Moreincommon_ @WeAreNewBritain research for @NEUnion finds Gen Z Britons aged 16-24 think social media has become more addictive, more negative and less safe for young people in last 5 years and by 3-1 they think social media does more harm than good for under 16s.
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How our understanding of the climate is changing
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Humanity's understanding of the climate is deepening, but it must not distract from the core mission of cutting carbon emissions as quickly as possible, writes energy analyst Patrick Cook
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The way we understand the climate is changing, and it should change the way we approach climate action (but only a little) At @BusinessGreen here: https://t.co/IkD1tDmq4H and Substack here:
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Humanity's understanding of the climate is deepening, but it must not distract from the core mission of cutting carbon emissions as quickly as possible, writes energy analyst Patrick Cook
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Very exciting!!
🚨 Under 2 weeks till the YF Fundraising Dinner on March 10th! 🚨 Just some of our guests: ✨ Seema Malhotra MP ✨ Jess Asato MP ✨ Chris Curtis MP ✨ Danny Beales MP ✨ Abdi Duale NEC And an auction with signed items from @keirstarmer! Get tickets- https://t.co/HBDAVu4O7F
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It was an honour to chair our first Young Fabian Book Club with @HarrietHarman last night. Her book “A Woman’s Work” and the discussion last night made it clear how far the women’s movement has come but also how far it has to go. We’ve got quite the to-do list @youngfabians!
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I've been going for a pint at each pub in my constituency Is it 'cos I love a pint? Well, yes But it's also about a serious political point. The decline of pubs is leading to more loneliness. And loneliness leads to political extremism. (link in next post)
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📚 We are so delighted to be launching our Book Club! This isn’t your average book club — each month, the author of our chosen book will join us to take part in the discussion. We kick off on the 5 February with Baroness Harriet Harman. Sign up at the link in your email!
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Joined a @mylifemysay convened roundtable with key stakeholders to call for a UK UN youth delegate and meaningful youth engagement at the UN Thank you to everyone working so hard to make this happen!
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According to @RubyHerbert_ & @thelewiswarner from @LabourStudents, Labour must deliver 1.5M energy-efficient homes to cut bills, lower emissions & tackle the housing crisis. Build. Build. Build — and stand firm against NIMBY opposition🏡 Read more👇 https://t.co/XYQT3JpyCU
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Only Green YIMBYism will solve the housing and climate crises, argue Ruby Herbert and Lewis Warner, National Chair and Vice Chair of Labour Students. They
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