Matt Finch
@mattfinch00.bsky.social
Environmental policy and public affairs. Into combatting #climatechange.
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Tory leader Badenoch says the party will remove all net zero requirements on North Sea oil &gas companies
Badenoch is to focus on "maximising extraction"
Like saying if there were a fight in a pub, everyone would have to repair the damage except those starting the brawl
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Badenoch is to focus on "maximising extraction"
Like saying if there were a fight in a pub, everyone would have to repair the damage except those starting the brawl
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".
www.bbc.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Tory leader Badenoch says the party will remove all net zero requirements on North Sea oil &gas companies
Badenoch is to focus on "maximising extraction"
Like saying if there were a fight in a pub, everyone would have to repair the damage except those starting the brawl
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Badenoch is to focus on "maximising extraction"
Like saying if there were a fight in a pub, everyone would have to repair the damage except those starting the brawl
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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UK Tory opposition leader Badenoch to abandon climate change net zero 2050 target
This isn't a new direction but a craven failure, feeding not halting Britain's decline
Wrong in so many ways, it fails
• Morally
• Economically
• Socially
• Politically
🧵1/5
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This isn't a new direction but a craven failure, feeding not halting Britain's decline
Wrong in so many ways, it fails
• Morally
• Economically
• Socially
• Politically
🧵1/5
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Conservative party to ditch commitment to net zero in UK by 2050
Break in cross-party consensus on issue to be announced on Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
UK Tory opposition leader Badenoch to abandon climate change net zero 2050 target
This isn't a new direction but a craven failure, feeding not halting Britain's decline
Wrong in so many ways, it fails
• Morally
• Economically
• Socially
• Politically
🧵1/5
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This isn't a new direction but a craven failure, feeding not halting Britain's decline
Wrong in so many ways, it fails
• Morally
• Economically
• Socially
• Politically
🧵1/5
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is back in the news. Before booking flights, there are 3 questions we need to ask:
1. Is it actually effective at reducing emissions?
2. If it IS effective, where/how should we produce it?
3. If 1 and 2 are sorted, are they enough to offset increases in air travel?
1. Is it actually effective at reducing emissions?
2. If it IS effective, where/how should we produce it?
3. If 1 and 2 are sorted, are they enough to offset increases in air travel?
February 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is back in the news. Before booking flights, there are 3 questions we need to ask:
1. Is it actually effective at reducing emissions?
2. If it IS effective, where/how should we produce it?
3. If 1 and 2 are sorted, are they enough to offset increases in air travel?
1. Is it actually effective at reducing emissions?
2. If it IS effective, where/how should we produce it?
3. If 1 and 2 are sorted, are they enough to offset increases in air travel?
Great to contribute to @nowthenmag.bsky.social investigation into if Doncaster Sheffield Airport should reopen.
(it shouldn't, cos of many, many reasons)
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/irr...
(it shouldn't, cos of many, many reasons)
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/irr...
The irresponsible, environmentally dangerous and economically unfounded case for reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Mayor Oliver Coppard is preparing to pump vast amounts of public money into the project – but has refused to say how the supposed benefits were arrived at.
nowthenmagazine.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Great to contribute to @nowthenmag.bsky.social investigation into if Doncaster Sheffield Airport should reopen.
(it shouldn't, cos of many, many reasons)
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/irr...
(it shouldn't, cos of many, many reasons)
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/irr...
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It’s with a heavy heart that I’ve been forced to write to Claire Coutinho again.
January 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s with a heavy heart that I’ve been forced to write to Claire Coutinho again.
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Sustainable aviation fuels are an industrial opportunity that could bring 10,000 jobs to the UK, @mattfinch00.bsky.social speaks to GB News.
#aviation #SAFs
#aviation #SAFs
January 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sustainable aviation fuels are an industrial opportunity that could bring 10,000 jobs to the UK, @mattfinch00.bsky.social speaks to GB News.
#aviation #SAFs
#aviation #SAFs
Thing that most amazes me about these stats is the fact they are so out of date. 2022 stats at the end of 2024? C'mon DfT. You can do better than that.
New DfT transport & environment data shows that in 2022 domestic transport accounted for 28% of total domestic emissions in the UK, up 2% on 2021. Cars and taxis account for the bulk of those emissions.
It's lower than 2019 but going the wrong way and well off track for 2030 committments.
It's lower than 2019 but going the wrong way and well off track for 2030 committments.
December 12, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Thing that most amazes me about these stats is the fact they are so out of date. 2022 stats at the end of 2024? C'mon DfT. You can do better than that.
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STRIKING NEW DATA: More than a quarter of new cars sold in the UK in November were battery EVs (so much for "stalling sales")
📈BEV sales up 51% year-on-year
📉Petrol sales down 35% year-on-year (!)
Data from New Automotive
📈BEV sales up 51% year-on-year
📉Petrol sales down 35% year-on-year (!)
Data from New Automotive
December 5, 2024 at 9:34 AM
STRIKING NEW DATA: More than a quarter of new cars sold in the UK in November were battery EVs (so much for "stalling sales")
📈BEV sales up 51% year-on-year
📉Petrol sales down 35% year-on-year (!)
Data from New Automotive
📈BEV sales up 51% year-on-year
📉Petrol sales down 35% year-on-year (!)
Data from New Automotive
This is good from the @telegraphnews.bsky.social.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
#ClimateChange #ZEVMandate
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
#ClimateChange #ZEVMandate
Stellantis’s problem is not the ZEV mandate, it’s China
There’s one message for financial sophisticates and another for politicians and the media
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 10:58 AM
This is good from the @telegraphnews.bsky.social.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
#ClimateChange #ZEVMandate
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
#ClimateChange #ZEVMandate
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A thread on why the Government shouldn’t relax its targets on electric car sales
November 27, 2024 at 9:41 AM
A thread on why the Government shouldn’t relax its targets on electric car sales
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Ayayayyy what a week for EVs
News of the Stellantis Luton factory closure has been conflated with the ZEV mandate failing, but it's pretty clear to anyone paying attention that the two things are not really related...
2 big things to note on this:
News of the Stellantis Luton factory closure has been conflated with the ZEV mandate failing, but it's pretty clear to anyone paying attention that the two things are not really related...
2 big things to note on this:
November 28, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Ayayayyy what a week for EVs
News of the Stellantis Luton factory closure has been conflated with the ZEV mandate failing, but it's pretty clear to anyone paying attention that the two things are not really related...
2 big things to note on this:
News of the Stellantis Luton factory closure has been conflated with the ZEV mandate failing, but it's pretty clear to anyone paying attention that the two things are not really related...
2 big things to note on this:
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Over to you #aircraft #leasing we'd love to see some leadership on decarbonisation on #aviation @green-alliance.org.uk @mattfinch00.bsky.social greenallianceblog.org.uk/2024/11/26/t...
The industry you’ve probably never heard of
This post is by Celeste Hicks, policy manager at Aviation Environment Federation. Depending on how you look at it, the structure of the international aircraft leasing market either suggests an ind…
greenallianceblog.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Over to you #aircraft #leasing we'd love to see some leadership on decarbonisation on #aviation @green-alliance.org.uk @mattfinch00.bsky.social greenallianceblog.org.uk/2024/11/26/t...
No brainer. Sign away folks!
(and share this so others do, obvs!)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#FossilFuels #ClimateChange
(and share this so others do, obvs!)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#FossilFuels #ClimateChange
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2024 at 1:22 PM
No brainer. Sign away folks!
(and share this so others do, obvs!)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#FossilFuels #ClimateChange
(and share this so others do, obvs!)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#FossilFuels #ClimateChange
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It's extremely disappointing to see continued doubt cast on the UK's ZEV mandate - one of our biggest carbon saving measures to date.
Weakening the regulation would put UK's climate goals at risk & the ability for the UK to keep drawing in affordable EV models.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Weakening the regulation would put UK's climate goals at risk & the ability for the UK to keep drawing in affordable EV models.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Britain gears up to relax EV sales rules
Ministers are in talks with industry as factories are threatened with closure — and bringing back subsidies for buying electric cars is not ruled out
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM
It's extremely disappointing to see continued doubt cast on the UK's ZEV mandate - one of our biggest carbon saving measures to date.
Weakening the regulation would put UK's climate goals at risk & the ability for the UK to keep drawing in affordable EV models.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Weakening the regulation would put UK's climate goals at risk & the ability for the UK to keep drawing in affordable EV models.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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"It is really really odd, it is down-right bizarre actually that airlines don't pay fuel duty [...] the aviation sector are very happy with no one knowing it because as soon as people hear it, they're like 'that just doesn't add up at all'- @mattfinch00.bsky.social.
www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/...
www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/...
How proposed 'flyer tax' would work and why it could make your flight cheaper
An environmental expert has revealed what a 'flyer tax' would really mean to Brits' holidays and the one secret that airlines like to keep hush-hush
www.mirror.co.uk
June 17, 2024 at 3:32 PM
"It is really really odd, it is down-right bizarre actually that airlines don't pay fuel duty [...] the aviation sector are very happy with no one knowing it because as soon as people hear it, they're like 'that just doesn't add up at all'- @mattfinch00.bsky.social.
www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/...
www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/...
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"It's baffling that the Chancellor didn't do this years ago. But it's still completely unbelievable that airlines don't pay a penny in fuel duty when you and I have to pay every time we fill our car up. Where's the fairness in that?" - @mattfinch00.bsky.social.
www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ir...
www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ir...
Jeremy Hunt hikes aviation tax in Budget - what it means for your holidays
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a hike in the tax paid for those on "non-economy flights" - such as business class and first class as part of his 2024 Budget
www.mirror.co.uk
March 6, 2024 at 3:47 PM
"It's baffling that the Chancellor didn't do this years ago. But it's still completely unbelievable that airlines don't pay a penny in fuel duty when you and I have to pay every time we fill our car up. Where's the fairness in that?" - @mattfinch00.bsky.social.
www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ir...
www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ir...
Some musings on #Diesel and #EnergySecurity. Hopefully it will interest you!
www.linkedin.com/posts/mattfi...
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November 24, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Some musings on #Diesel and #EnergySecurity. Hopefully it will interest you!
www.linkedin.com/posts/mattfi...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mattfi...
Been in the papers again, this time talking about #SustainableAviationFuel (or how its not, in this case)
inews.co.uk/news/boris-j...
inews.co.uk/news/boris-j...
November 23, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Been in the papers again, this time talking about #SustainableAviationFuel (or how its not, in this case)
inews.co.uk/news/boris-j...
inews.co.uk/news/boris-j...
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"Pollution from tyre wear is a massive problem that no one is talking about. EVs are way better than their fossil predecessors because they don’t spew out a toxic cocktail from a tailpipe, but they are not perfect." - Matt Finch (@mattfinch00.bsky.social), our UK policy manager.
Why tyre emissions are the ticking pollution time bomb
This was the year we all learnt the word “Ulez”, as time, emotion and vast political capital were spent in an ill-tempered effort to clean the air we breathe. Yet what if in our obsession with exh...
www.thetimes.co.uk
November 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
"Pollution from tyre wear is a massive problem that no one is talking about. EVs are way better than their fossil predecessors because they don’t spew out a toxic cocktail from a tailpipe, but they are not perfect." - Matt Finch (@mattfinch00.bsky.social), our UK policy manager.