{"id":259835,"date":"2023-05-31T11:29:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T09:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259835"},"modified":"2023-05-31T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T09:29:49","slug":"andrea-jenkyns-mp-joins-net-zero-watch-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259835","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Jenkyns MP joins Net Zero Watch board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"376\" data-attachment-id=\"259838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=259838\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43.png?fit=1139%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1139,593\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43.png?fit=723%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43.png?resize=723%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43.png?resize=1024%2C533&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43.png?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43.png?resize=768%2C400&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43.png?w=1139&amp;ssl=1 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/Net Zero Watch\">Net Zero Watch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">London, 31 May \u2013 Net Zero Watch is pleased to announce that Andrea Jenkyns MP has agreed to join its board of directors.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrea has been MP for Morley and Outwood since 2015 and served as a junior minister under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrea Jenkyns said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westminster has been gripped by groupthink on climate and energy for far too long. I\u2019m looking forward to spreading the word that there are more rational approaches to these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Net Zero Watch chairman Neil Record said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrea brings a welcome and fresh perspective to the Net Zero Watch Board. She is a seasoned campaigner and understands how to get our message across to the general public. I am much looking forward to working with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netzerowatch.com\/who-we-are\/\">About Net Zero Watch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI&#39;m pleased to announce I&#39;m joining Net Zero Watch\u2026 Westminster has been gripped by groupthink on climate and energy policy for far too long. I&#39;m looking forward to spreading the word that there are more rational approaches to these issues.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andreajenkyns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andreajenkyns<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CostOfNetZero?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CostOfNetZero<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6aJ5taSdzH\">pic.twitter.com\/6aJ5taSdzH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Net Zero Watch (@NetZeroWatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetZeroWatch\/status\/1663831626537738242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea has been MP for Morley and Outwood since 2015 and served as a junior minister under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":259838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819848,691819847],"class_list":{"0":"post-259835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-andrea-jenkyns","9":"tag-climate-and-energy-policy","11":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screen-Shot-2023-05-31-at-09.00.43.png?fit=1139%2C593&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-15AT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":290310,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290310","url_meta":{"origin":259835,"position":0},"title":"Rishi Sunak suffers large rebellion against the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"07\/12\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Zero Emission Vehicle mandate \u2018likely to cause enormous harm\u2019 to companies and consumers, warns letter from MPs and peers From Net Zero Watch London, 5 December \u2013 In a vote late on Monday night, 38 MPs voted against the legislation bringing in the Government\u2019s Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate. 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