Lmst

This skeleton of a trade deal with Gilead is already looking to harm the Environment for profit. Bet Fash Boy Starmer doesn't have a problem with that, fuck the world his children will be inheriting, their wealth will somehow shield them from it he thinks.

I wonder if it was money, empty promises or naked threats which made Ed Miliband change his mind?

Oh wait, was it the "sound reasoning of the Trump administration", yeah? /s

#Drax #ClimateChange #UKUSTradeDeal #EdMilliband

28mago 14.54 BST

UK could be buying more wood pellets from US for Drax biomass
power station, Trump's agriculture secretary signals

8) elena orton

Helena Horton is a Guardian environment reporter.

The UK could buy more wood pellets from the US for the Drax biomass
‘power station in north Yorkshire, Brooke Rollins, US agriculture secretary,
has suggested.

Speaking to reporters in London, Rollins said she had convinced energy
Secretary Ed Miliband to take more of the

These are used to power the Drax power station - even though
environmental experts have claimed is unsustainable because burning wood
emits carbon and the pellets used to power it are shipped across the ocean.

The Drax plant accounts for around 6% of the UK’s electricity supply but it
had its subsidies halved last year, and it was directed by government to only
use sustainable wood. Last year, Drax was forced to pay £25m to the energy
regulator Ofgem after it was found to have submitted inaccurate data on the
sourcing of its wood pellets. There have been reports some of the pellets
used in the power station have been from rare forests.

Rollins said:

44 We are 100% confident that [the wood pellets] does meet your sustainability
requirements here in this country yesterday. That was one of the key things that
Ispoke to [Miliband and energy minister Michael Shanks] about. And they
agreed.

Idon’t want to get ahead of them, but in that meeting they felt fully assured
that what we are doing in America does meet your sustainability requirements.
In fact, we could potentially be opening up more markets for our wood pellets
into the UK, as other countries that you’re importing here into this country are
clearly not meeting those marks.

Wow, the Right Wing lied, how unlike them...../s

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/14/rightwing-media-blames-ed-miliband-uk-steel-crisis-net-zero

#NetZero #EdMilliband #ClimateCrisis #UKSteel

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

The comedy of the British, even in these dark times offering to play the fool to amuse heavy hearts

#COP29 #UKPOL #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #EdMilliband #Trump

After Trump re-election, UK will lead efforts to save Cop29, says Miliband Energy secretary says Britain must work on vital alliances with other countries following victory of climate-denier Trump

#CarbonGrifter #EmmaPinchbeck is no #Decarbonization Leader. #CCC #EdMilliband #RenewableEnergy #CarbonFreeEnergy. #EnergyUK.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/youve-got-to-reach-people-emotionally-the-uk-energy-head-making-the-local-case-for-clean-power?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Will #ClimateLedader Ed be a solo act or will the rest of #KeirStarmer’s government join the band? #EdMilliband #GBEnergy. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/21/the-guardian-view-on-gb-energy-a-good-idea-turns-up-just-in-time?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Sure Ed, that's what they told you, didn't they?

lol

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/01/labour-will-take-global-lead-on-climate-action-ed-miliband-vows

#GE2024 #EdMilliband #ClimateCrisis

Time to dig this out again, given the news today... #DavidCameron #EdMilliband Y'know, for the record.

Cover of David Cameron's book with subtitle modified to read "Stability and strong government with me or chaos with Ed Milliband".

FWIW I believe #EdMilliband is serious about Climate Change.
However, his party is going to break his heart when in power.....
#UKPOL

Ed Miliband, Labour's shadow energy security and net zero secretary, said:
"The Conservatives have now trashed the industry that was meant to be the
crown jewels of the British energy system - blocking the cheap, clean,
homegrown power we need."
"Ministers were warned time and again that this would happen but they did
not listen. They simply don't understand how to deliver the green sprint, and
Rishi Sunak's government is too weak and divided to deliver the clean power
Britain needs," Miliband said.

#EdMilliband spoke well this morning about the scandal of #PrepaymentMeters, #Shell profits, windfall tax and investment in renewable, fossil fuels and more.
From about 2:10 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hnl9
#energy #energypoverty #climatechange

I'm a bit late to the party but just started listening to the #ReasonsToBeCheerful podcast with #EdMilliband and #GeorgeLloyd - fascinating discussions on a range of topics - this episode is about how to deal with #ClimateDenial and the broader challenges now facing us all in terms of misinformation and the way news is shared on social media. Well worth a listen. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pgmKM09CQ3aSOs9EqXjDm?si=V9uYDXwmS9-cwJwovDx5fA&utm_source=copy-link

https://invidious.namazso.eu/watch?v=dfQQE_Vo0c0

#EdMilliband freaks out #rightwingers

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice
#ClimateDamage

How thick are they in the #LabourParty? #EdMilliband to join panel to figure a route back to power? Pointing finger at #JeremyCorbyn is wrong and was demonised by the media?

Will do that for you

1 Get rid of evil Trotskyists
2 Get rid of evil #Marxists
3 Launch Corbyn, #JohnMcDonnell and co into space
4 Stop choosing others over your own people
5 Stop acting as if your superior to everyone else as your not

..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50888060