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...

No brainer. Sign away folks! action.eko.org/a/make-priva...

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/...

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?

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’s with a heavy heart that I’ve been forced to write to Claire Coutinho again.

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

Thing that most amazes me about these stats is the fact they are so out of date. 2022 stats at the end of 2024?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.

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

This is good from the @telegraphnews.bsky.social. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... #ClimateChange #ZEVMandate

A thread on why the Government shouldn’t relax its targets on electric car sales

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:

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

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...

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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/...

"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...

Some musings on #Diesel and #EnergySecurity. Hopefully it will interest you! 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...

"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.