Environment - Geraint Davies

Independent: Coronavirus has shown us just how bad air pollution is for our health

Improved air quality has been one of the few silver linings of the coronavirus and must be sustained through any exit strategy. Stories of wildlife returning to previously uninhabitable spaces and toxic nitrogen dioxide reducing by up to 60 per cent in some cities have provided a much-needed respite from the heartbreak and devastation caused by Covid-19.…

Extinction Rebellion are right to be angry. The Environment Bill fails to live up to the environmental crisis we are in.

(A version of this article was published in the Independent 20/10/2019) The decision to ban thousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters from London’s streets cannot hide the widening gulf between the public and political leaders over climate change. Protestors know that the window for preventing irreversible climate change is swiftly closing. Meanwhile, the government…

Geraint speaks out for Swansea climate change protestors who join him in protest.

Swansea West MP, Geraint Davies, met up with Swansea Extinction Rebellion protestors and spoke out against the government’s failure to take urgent action on climate change as thousands stood protesting outside Parliament. Speaking in Parliament Mr Davies said, “Climate change is not an inconvenient truth, as Al Gore put it.…

Geraint Davies praises climate strikes in Swansea

Hundred of people closed up shop, left school or work to attend the climate strikes in Castle Square Swansea and the march to Brangwyn Hall. Geraint Davies, Labour MP for Swansea West, said: “This action, which I welcome, is part of the global strike movement inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg,…

Our air is toxic and it’s killing thousands prematurely: it’s down to the next prime minister to finally act – The Independent

As the Conservative leadership contest rumbles on with the final two, Brexit and tax cuts continue to dominate, with a curious absence of offering a more radical environment policy in particular to tackling the UK’s toxic air. It may be because three of the four serious contenders are in the…

The government must clean up the poison in our air – Prospect

A version of this article was published in Prospect magazine’s supplement for July 2019: ‘Cleaning the Air: How to tackle air pollution and grow the green economy.’ In May, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion and striking school-children arrived on parliament’s doorstep to demand that urgent action is taken…

Backing for MP’s bid to curb plastic – South Wales Evening Post

MPs from all parties are supporting Swansea West MP Geraint Davies’ Plastics Bill, which includes a levy on plastic bottles with a retailer refill scheme so fewer bottles are used to drink more water and retailers will gain footfall in their shops. Mr Davies said: “It’s a win-win. If instead…

Government’s Clean Air Strategy is inadequate says Geraint Davies

The government’s strategy to clean up the UK’s illegal air pollution has been criticised for allowing the UK to slip behind Europe after Brexit. The plan, which focuses on various types of pollution, but fails to tackle car pollution, by far the biggest polluter, or seek to adequately invest in…

The government should stop Fracking and support the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon

France has banned fracking, why hasn't the UK? Rather than investing in renewable energy this government is looking at ways to turn Swansea Bay into a fracking mine. If you live in or near the area, please share. Posted by Geraint Davies on Wednesday, 2 May 2018 During Business, Energy…

Children ask Swansea MP to help stop plastic pollution in the sea

Geraint Davies, the Swansea West Labour and Cooperative MP, today met with school children who expressed their concerns and ideas about the impact of plastic in the environment. Geraint Davies, who is preparing a plastics bill to reduce plastic waste, said: “The children were passionate about protecting our planet and…