Thank you to those
constituents who sent me a copy of the campaign email entitled "
Invitation to meet on 30 June - virtual lobby for climate, nature and
people."
These matters are important to us all which is why I take a great interest in
our environment and the achievements to date. For instance, I am very proud
that the Duchy leads the country in geothermal projects and wind and solar
power. The UK has just achieved two months of power generation without the use
of any coal fired stations – the first time this has happened since the start
of the Industrial revolution and Cornwall can take at least some of the credit.
These are exciting times as we see our constituency paying an increasingly important
role in improving our environment.
Cornwall has an exciting part to play in achieving net zero carbon emissions. I
continue my work and support for those seeking to extract lithium from reserves
found locally. This is a vital mineral in the production of batteries and will
become in ever greater demand with electric cars becoming the norm.
The government's commitment to seeing our economy become carbon net zero by
2050 is challenging whilst being achievable.
Thank you again for the invitation. I regret that due to other parliamentary
commitments I am unable to join the proposed meeting.
