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12th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Next week Gloucestershire County Council will debate a lib-dem motion, on a “Carbon action plan”. Greens will be amending the motion so that it includes a clear declaration of climate emergency, and solid targets to reduce carbon emissions across the whole of Gloucestershire.
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6th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Largest gains in party history bring total number of councillors to 362. Voters sick of Brexit, and can see through Tory hypocrisy on climate change.
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28th April 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Stroud District Green Party Elections Group Co-ordinator, Tim Davies, writes: This week’s Stroud District Green Party meeting provided a fantastic reminder that, as recognition grows of the climate emergency we face, and the urgent actions needed, that there are many different roles needed to take forward a response. We opened our meeting with a minutes […]
11th April 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Sian Berry visiting Crickley Hill this Friday
15th March 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
"Building new roads is like saying we’ll quit smoking after just one more cigarette.”
28th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
On Tuesday, the Stroud District Green Party AGM, held at Stroud Brewery, opened with a public meeting inviting a panel of Councillors, party members and experts from the community to share their big ideas to help achieve Stroud District Council’s vision to be carbon neutral in just 11 years time.
20th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Green MEP for the South West, Molly Scott Cato, is one of three MEPs arrested after breaking into a Belgian military airbase to protest against its stockpiling of American B61 nuclear bombs [1]. The MEPs scaled the perimeter fence and blocked the runway, unfurling a banner which read: “Europe Free of Nuclear weapons.” The MEPs are currently being held in a local police station and being questioned. They are likely to be released later today.
13th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Green Party Councillors Rachel Smith and Eva Ward presented budget amendments to address climate change and public participation.
Yesterday, Green Party Co-Leader Sian Berry, and Bristol City Councillor Carla Denyer were on Channel 4's 'The Political Slot', talking about Green Party-led calls to declare a Climate Emergency, and take the action needed to address the current climate crisis. A petition has now started to call for a national declaration.
8th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
As every new scientific study is published it becomes clearer and clearer that we are facing a climate emergency greater than we ever imagined. It is already leading to mass extinctions, forced migration and threats to our ways of life. We believe that this difficult message must be told plainly and clearly alongside information and actions to both radically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and help us adapt to our changing future. We believe it is essential that all organisations work together to achieve this.