#2030decarb
for #EnergyBill
28oct13 Debate & vote in House of
Lords on Lord Oxburgh's amendment for a #2030target in #EnergyBill.
Good
briefing: energy_2030_decarb http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/energy_2030_decarb.pdf
And: http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/greenisworking
RESULT:
extremely disappointing:
tweet by 10:10: 10:10 @10101m 202
for, 216 against. SO close :( #vote4cleanpower
4jun13 4pm Vote in
House of Commons. Results: Ayes 267, Noes 290 Breakdown:
Energy Bill —
Clause 1 — Decarbonisation — 4 Jun 2013 at 15 45 —
The Public Whip http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2013-06-04&number=18
RESULTS details from Hansard but
made easier to read:
http://www.dragonfly1.plus.com/2030decarb-HoCvoteRESULTS-4jun13-Hansard.pdf
House of
Commons Hansard Debates for 04 Jun 2013 (pt 0002) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130604/debtext/130604-0002.htm
CaCC List the bad MPs as well as
the good MPs: Clean energy vote narrowly lost - what
next Campaign against Climate Change http://www.campaigncc.org/energybill << but has errors eg Tim
Farron appears in 2 categories!!
Now on to House of Lords - let's hope they try and re-insert the
Yeo-Gardiner Amendment, and succeed! - so it can then come back
to the Commons with a hopefully improved chance ...
May onwards 2013 updates:
See News
item 3.
2030 clean energy target for the Energy Bill - update in SLACC TT June 2013 Newsletter .
My 3jun13 email to John Pugh MP: http://www.dragonfly1.plus.com/EnergyBill-2030decarb-EmailToJohnPugh.pdf
Result: John Pugh changed sides and voted for the 2030
target! I hope he will now study
I added comments beneath Ed
Davey’s piece in LibDemVoice 'Ed Davey MP writes…Green jobs,
cleaner energy, keeping the lights on and bills down' 2jun13 http://www.libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-mp-writesgreen-jobs-cleaner-energy-keeping-the-lights-on-and-bills-down-34733.html#comment-252055
and started off a fracking debate!
I also added comments below the 5jun13 piece by the LibDem ?Chief
Whip's in LibDemVoice: Alistair Carmichael MP (Orkney &
Shetland) 'We should be talking about how Lib Dems won record
investment for renewable energy:
http://www.libdemvoice.org/alistair-carmichael-writeswe-should-be-talking-about-how-lib-dems-won-record-investment-for-renewable-energy-34812.html
***Friends
of the Earth Map of Green
Britain About Clean British Energy Clean
British Energy
http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/clean_british_energy_map_39044.html http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/clean_british_energy_map_39044.html?layers[]=Constituencies&layers[]=Case+Studies&zoom=6&lat=54.7&lng=-2
http://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1720_EMR_report_web.pdf
http://www.foe.co.uk/green_blog/narrow_defeat,_but_fight_for_40369.html
http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/igov/new-thinking-blog-what-the-decarbonisation-vote-says-about-britain/
Andrew George MP writes…Liberal Democrats must defend green
promise LDV http://www.libdemvoice.org/andrew-george-mp-writesliberal-democrats-must-defend-green-promise-34722.html
** CCC Next steps on Electricity
Market Reform – securing the benefits of low-carbon investment
Committee on Climate Change
1720_EMR_report_web May2013 http://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1720_EMR_report_web.pdf
FINAL20130531EnergyBillreportstageMPbriefingONLINE http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/media/BAhbBlsHOgZmSSIdNTFhOGIzODIyNTM1NmYwMDAyMDBlM2M3BjoGRVQ/FINAL20130531EnergyBillreportstageMPbriefingONLINE.pdf
IGov New Thinking Blog What the decarbonisation vote
says about Britain 7jun13 http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/igov/new-thinking-blog-what-the-decarbonisation-vote-says-about-britain/
Climate activists receive sentences for gas-fired power station
occupation Environment guardian.co.uk 6jun13
Damian Carrington http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/06/climate-activists-sentenced-gas-fired-power-protest?CMP=twt_gu
No Dash for Gas Court Case Greenpeace UK http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/groups/nottingham-city/event/no-dash-gas-court-case
Friends of the Earth Who's in favour About
Clean British Energy Clean British Energy http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/cbe_whos_in_favour_39043.html
Friends of the Earth Clean British Energy Current
Campaigns What We Do http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/clean_british_energy_clean_power_action_39060.html
Hampshire MP clashes with ‘backwards’ Conservatives over
green energy target - Mike Thornton MP & Eastleigh Liberal
Democrats http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/hampshire_mp_clashes_with_backwards_conservatives_over_green_energy_target
Breaking Decarbonisation target goes down to narrow defeat - 04
Jun 2013 - News from BusinessGreen 4jun13 http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2272641/breaking-decarbonisation-target-goes-down-to-narrow-defeat
16 Liberal Democrats rebel and vote for 2030 decarbonisation target LDV
4jun13 http://www.libdemvoice.org/16-liberal-democrats-rebel-and-vote-for-2030-decarbonisation-target-34797.html
Green energy commitment phobia Editorial
Comment is free The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/04/green-energy-commitment-phobia-editorial?CMP=twt_fd
The UK Energy Bill debate (with images, tweets) · carbonbrief
· Storify http://storify.com/carbonbrief/the-uk-energy-bill-debate
Davey confirms UK backing for beefed up EU 2030 emissions targets - 04
Jun 2013 - News from BusinessGreen 4jun13 http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2272560/davey-confirms-uk-backing-for-beefed-up-eu-2030-emissions-targets
A bill for decarbonisation – unlocking investment and jobs and
fairer bills - Press releases - Inside Government - GOV.UK 3jun13 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/a-bill-for-decarbonisation-unlocking-investment-and-jobs-and-fairer-bills
BBC News - Ed Davey attacks 'blinkered' climate change sceptics -
?3jun13 Roger Harrabin http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22745578
** Leo Hickman: Can the UK meet its climate goals without the energy
bill amendment? Environment guardian.co.uk
4jun13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jun/04/energy-bill-amendment-climate-goals
BBC News - Energy policy MPs set to rebel over 2030 carbon target
4jun13 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22764955
MPs must back decarbonisation target in energy bill vote
Tim Yeo Environment guardian.co.uk 4jun13
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/04/mps-back-decarbonisation-target-energy-bill?CMP=twt_fd
Stephen Gilbert writes … Liberal Democrats should be proud of
the Energy Bill LDV 3jun13 http://www.libdemvoice.org/stephen-gilbert-writes-liberal-democrats-should-be-proud-of-the-energy-bill-34756.html
Is there a coal powered loophole in the energy bill
Carbon Brief 3jun13 http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/06/is-there-a-coal-powered-loophole-in-the-energy-bill
The energy bill debate exposes the sham of the 'greenest government
ever' John Sauven Comment is free
guardian.co.uk3jun13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/03/energy-bill-sham-greenest-government
Manchester Friends of the Earth Greater Manchester MPs back
clean power law to boost green jobs http://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/greater-manchester-mps-back-clean-power-law-to-boost-green-jobs/
Department of Energy and
Climate Change Blog» Blog Archive » Europe must stay
ambitious on climate change http://blog.decc.gov.uk/2013/05/28/europe-must-stay-ambitious-on-climate-change/
- vg Oliver Hayes FoE comments
re 2030decarb below http://blog.decc.gov.uk/2013/05/28/europe-must-stay-ambitious-on-climate-change/#comment-99722
Aldersgate Group News - 2013 may http://www.aldersgategroup.org.uk/news/2013#dash-for-gas-would-expose-uk-economy-to-greater-risks
Greenpeace Tell your Lib Dem MP to vote for clean
electricity!
http://action.greenpeace.org.uk/page/speakout/energy-bill-vote-3?js=false&zip=LA9%207NT&source=email&subsource=launch&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ebulletin20130529&utm_campaign=energybill
Amendments for Energy Bill, including Yeo-Gardiner ones (11 to
20): http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0100/amend/pbc1000702a.pdf
Parliament UK Parliamentary
Calendar http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/#!/calendar/Commons/MainChamber/2013/6/3/events.html
Business Today Chamber for Monday 3 June 2013 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmagenda/ob130603.htm
Future Business for Monday 3 June
2013 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmagenda/fb130603.htm
Summary Agenda Chamber for
Monday 3 June 2013 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmagenda/sa130603.htm
Dacarb-Target-Infographic http://mhpccom.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Dacarb-Target-Infographic.pdf
energy-bill-eu-ambition_b_3358481
may13 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/nick-molho/energy-bill-eu-ambition_b_3358481.html
The Energy Bill, work to be
done - by Danielle Lane,
Head of Stakeholder & Regulatory Affairs at DONG Energy UK,
outlines the
shortcomings in the Energy Bill and explains how offshore wind could
achieve
price parity with gas and nuclear by 2020. Greenpeace UK 29may13 http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/analysis/energy-bill-work-be-done
Manchester Friends of the Earth Greater Manchester MPs back
clean power law to boost green jobs http://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/greater-manchester-mps-back-clean-power-law-to-boost-green-jobs/
Writing to your MP about the Energy Bill Campaign against
Climate Change http://www.campaigncc.org/energybill/writingtomp
Energy Bill - replying to a Lib Dem MP Campaign against
Climate Change http://www.campaigncc.org/energybill/libdem
*** vg infographic: Why we need
a clean energy target Stop Climate Chaos http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/reasons-clean-energy-target
Introduction
It is vital for us to have the 2030
target for decarbonisation of the
electricity generation sector in the Energy Bill, to prevent
Osborne's "Dash for Gas" and deflate the false justifications for
fracking and other unconventional gas methods. The dash for building
numerous unabated gas power stations and fracking for shale gas would
prevent us meeting our legal target obligations re emissions and
would 'lock us in' to our current 4 to 6 degrees C temperature rise
trajectory. We need to urgently - NOW - cut back on emissions to have
any hope of lowering the trajectory down to below the 2 degrees C
internationally-agreed upper acceptable limit.
Thus we must urge Tim Farron MP to do all he can to rally other LibDem
MPs to vote for the Yeo-Gardiner amendment to get the 2030 decarb
target into the Energy Bill. This means voting against the Coalition
and against the LibDem DECC Minister Ed Davey's position of making a
top priority of sticking to his promise to Osborne (so we would also
like this to be a free vote - without any whip pressure).
For
my articles on this subject
in recent SLACC TT newsletters see the links below, and the
articles linked to from my articles.
(SLACC TT is the South Lakes Action on
Climate Change Towards
Transition. SLACC TT website)
SLACC TT June 2013 Newsletter - see News
item 3.
2030 clean energy target for the Energy Bill - update
SLACC TT May 2013 Newsletter - see News item
8.
2030 clean energy target for the Energy Bill - update
SLACC TT April 2013 Newsletter - see News item 2.
2030 clean energy target for the Energy Bill - update
SLACC TT March 2013 Newsletter - see News item 2.
Your last chance to get a 2030 clean energy target and deter
Osborne’s “dash for gas”
Subsequent amendment: March turned out not to be our last chance! Our
last chance(s!) are likely to be in Spring/early Summer 2013 (The
Energy Bill is no-where near FIT for purpose (excuse the pun
- re e.g. raising the upper limit for wind turbine power for FIT
tariff for community wind - Becky Willis is working towards this end).
Some of the older pieces by me on
this subject (mostly for SLACC):
2mar13: SLACCsubmission2030decarbtarget.pdf
(28mar13 amended version)
Tim
Farron surgery at
Milnthorpe, 2mar13 - Submission by Henry Adams, Jo Magne, Chris Rowley,
re:
The
Energy Bill:
Yeo-Gardiner cross-party amendment for a 2030 decarbonisation target
1.
Why this is essential (due to flaws in the Bill).
2.
A strong recommendation for a free vote (if it comes to a vote).
mar13: TimFarronPositionDecarbTarget.pdf
NB: I replaced my
name with [constituent] to
show that this letter went to other constituents as well as myself.
Tim does not
address his constituents as un-personally as that (quite the opposite).
27mar13: SubmissionForSLACCnewsletterApril2013.pdf
Don't waste time visiting this link - it
was just a temporary one. I must replace it.
28feb13: 2030CleanEnergyTarget.pdf
Expands on a
SLACC March 2013 Newsletter article:
'Your last chance for a 2030 clean energy target for the Energy Bill,
and to deter Osborne’s “dash for gas”'
Pre-2013 refs/links are in my big
LINKS pdf accessible from my web-site
HUB page