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Sep 41 min read

Alex Sobel MP honoured with Prestigious Nature 2030 Award for Contributions to Habitats, Biodiversity, and Green Spaces

I am incredibly proud to have been recognised with the Nature 2030 Award for my work in Habitats, Biodiversity, and Green Spaces.

Aug 11 min read

Nature 2030 award nomination

I’ve been nominated in this years #Nature2030 Political Purpose Awards in the Habitats, Biodiversity, and Green Spaces category.

Mar 222 min read

Alex Sobel pledges to bring back nature for Earth Hour 2024.

Alex has pledged to do his bit to protect and restore nature ahead of WWF’s Earth Hour, one of the largest events to protect the planet....

Jan 221 min read

Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill

In today's debate I spoke about how much damage to our environment and nature in our inland water's will be caused by additional...

Oct 18, 20232 min read

Public meeting asks for clarification over potential of more night flights at LBA

Leeds North West Member of Parliament, Alex Sobel, attended a public Airport meeting held on October 5, 2023, featuring Vincent Hodder,...

Sep 26, 20233 min read

Alex Sobel MP Calls for Transparency and Community Engagement in Leeds Bradford Airport Night Flight

Leeds, UK – September 26, 2023 – Alex Sobel, Member of Parliament for Leeds North West, has today written to Vincent Hodder Chief...

Apr 24, 20231 min read

Water Quality: Sewage Discharge

Earlier today, the Labour Party gave the Government a second opportunity to do the right thing, and clean up their sewage scandal. Once...

Mar 21, 20232 min read

International Day of Forests 2023

On the UN International Day of Forests, I am calling on the Government to urgently invest in and support tree planting at the scale and...

Nov 29, 20221 min read

Urgent Question re COP27

Since the end of COP 27 there has been an Urgent Question on COP in the House of Commons. Watch my question to the Minister of State at...

Nov 28, 20223 min read

COP 27 my thoughts and experience

COP has grown over the years even since I started going in 2015. The core of COP is the climate negotiations which happens on two levels...

Nov 16, 20211 min read

Podcast – My role at COP26

#climatechange #ClimateCrisis #COP26 #environment

Nov 16, 20211 min read

COP 26 question to PM, Boris Johnson

Today, following COP26, I asked the PM if we would deliver the adaptation measures that small island developing states need so they don't...

Oct 25, 20211 min read

Manufacturing and Net Zero

Last week in the Climate Committee progress report I spoke about low carbon manufacturing capabilities in the UK.

Oct 25, 20211 min read

Housing and net zero - Climate Change Committee Progress Report

Last week I spoke at the Climate Committee Progress Report 2021, one of the issues I raised was on planning and net zero.

Oct 9, 20211 min read

Leeds MP meets world leaders to discuss world leading climate plan

Leeds MP Alex Sobel has met with His Holiness Pope Francis and US leader of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi as the preparation...

Sep 7, 20212 min read

Our electric vehicle future

As we move towards a low emissions vehicle future; how do we ensure that there is wide access to this new technology? The most obvious...

Sep 6, 20212 min read

MP Objects to Government’s ‘fig-leaf’ Jet Zero plan

Alex Sobel has formally objected to the Government’s Jet Zero plan, describing it as ‘fanciful rhetoric serving as a fig leaf to hide...

Jun 29, 20215 min read

Digital billboards: What is happening and how we make change

We have had contact from a number of people in Otley, particularly residents of Bradford Road who are deeply concerned by the new digital...

Mar 12, 20212 min read

MP requests 'call-in' for Leeds Bradford Airport decision

Alex Sobel has asked the Government to call in the decision to approve the new terminal building at Leeds Bradford Airport. The MP, who...

Jan 27, 20211 min read

Environment Bill

Yesterday in Parliament I voted: To have cleaner air To save British wildlife To protect the bees Tory MPs voted down these key...