Responding to #GretaInParliament, Environment Minister Michael Gove tells us "The time to act is now. The challenge could not be clearer" #ClimateChangeParliament

🗑️Every year 100,000 tonnes of available and edible food goes to waste 🥘This has got to change ♻️We are working with businesses, charities and volunteers to deliver a food waste reduction scheme backed by £15 million #StopFoodWasteDay ⬇️ independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

If you 💚#Trees 🌳🌲🌴🌵🏕🏜🏝 - you will love this from Michael Gove Defra UK ToryEnvironment Conservatives - 130,000 more trees for England - wonderful news - #EnvironmentalismForTheManyNotTheFew :

We’re stepping up our fight against plastic waste. Today we’re confirming a ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds. From next April these items will only be available to people with medical needs or a disability. ➡️ gov.uk/government/new… #PassOnPlastic #25YEP

JUST IN: Michael Gove has announced urgent and decisive action to ban plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds – tackling plastic pollution and ensuring we leave our environment in a better state for future generations 🌊🌊🌊

Today I am taking further action to turn the tide on plastic pollution. Items such as plastic straws & stirrers are often used for just a few minutes but take hundreds of years to break down, ending up in our seas & oceans and harming precious marine life #PassOnPlastic

So pleased the Conservatives are leading the way in protecting what is most important, our environment. Hope these plastics that are a scourge of the seas are no more from 2020. 🐬🦑🐠 ToryEnvironment

Staggering from The Labour Party Full Fact recently confirmed that Conservative councils recycle more than Labour ones: fullfact.org/environment/do… 🤔 Only Conservatives can be trusted to take the urgent action needed to protect our environment for future generations 🌳

Confirmed: We're getting rid of ⤵️ 🥤 Plastic straws ☕️ Plastic stirrers 👂 Plastic cotton buds 🗣️ @MichaelGove: "These items are often used for just a few minutes but take hundreds of years to break down, ending up in our seas and oceans and harming precious marine life." 🐟

Net zero emissions by 2050. Let’s do it. #NetZero

📢 We will be the first major economy to legislate to end our contribution to global warming by 2050 and go #NetZero. 💚 Conservatives tackling climate change and protecting our environment for future generations.

📢Conservatives are taking action to reduce food waste. 📝Following our call to action, all major UK supermarkets have signed up to help halve food waste by 2030.

Typical hypocrisy from Labour once again. standard.co.uk/news/londoners…

Delighted to have the Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP as our new Environment Secretary 🔵 🌳🇬🇧

.Zac Goldsmith is considering banning the buying or selling of monkeys as pets 🐵 “Monkeys and other primates are wild animals with highly complex needs... Keeping them as pets causes immense suffering.” thetimes.co.uk/article/62a2c2…

🌳 🇬🇧 The UK is a global leader in tackling #ClimateChange and our new bill will ensure that we leave the environment in a better state for future generations.

💚🔵 Yesterday’s Queen’s Speech outlined our new plan for the environment. We will create new environmental targets to improve air quality so you can breathe cleaner air.

The #EnvironmentBill will protect and improve our environment for future generations.

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