This is a relatively new campaigning group who are campaigning for Local Clean Energy. They are currently campaigning for the Local Electricity Bill, which is supported by 79 MPs, to become law. Currently only 4 Liberal Democrat MPs have given their support to the bill and these are Wera Hobhouse, Tom Brake, Layla Moran and Ed Davey.
(From our GLD October 2018 newsletter)
March to Stop Brexit - People's Vote March Join us on the People's Vote March in London this Saturday 20th Oct.
(From our GLD October 2018 newsletter)
(From our GLD October 2018 newsletter) Real-time electricity tariffs to increase use of renewables and reduce prices As intermittent renewables are increasingly used to generate electricity for the grid, and as demand will continue to vary hour by hour and day by day, balancing supply and demand gets harder. If demand could be shifted away from when it is higher than (easily produced) supply and towards when available supply is more than demand, this would be a big help. More renewables could be used by the grid, and electricity would be cheaper, because less rarely-used generating capacity would be needed. Time shifting can be achieved by real-time tariffs that follow the varying price paid by the National Grid (to balance supply and demand), as described in the paper: http://www.aldes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ALDElectricityRTTs215.pdf (I am down as the author, but the editor, Richard Balmer, was heavily involved.) It was written over 3 years ago. Reading it again, I would add: A guar
(From our GLD October 2018 newsletter)
Pippa Heylings MP becomes Liberal Democrat Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson with vow to take take green issues to the heart of Westminster
Pippa took part in the Commons debate in Westminster Hall on UK priorities for COP29, the UN climate change conference, on Sep 10th
In one of their first votes in Parliament, the new Liberal Democrat MPs for Cambridgeshire have voted in support of an amendment to the King's Speech which would see action taken on sewage dumping, cost of living and the NHS
Pippa Heylings joined with Cam Valley Forum campaigners on Sunday 19th May for a swim to celebrate Sheep’s Green in Cambridge receiving a Bathing Water Designation
On Wednesday, Conservative MPs including South Cambs MP Anthony Browne voted against a new law which would have seen water companies in court for sewage spills.
The 2024 ENDS Power List for politicians who have championed environmental causes has been published. It is a list of 50 politicians in the country and Pippa is honoured to be part of that list!