Elections
21 July 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Our new MEP Gina Dowding, elected in May, took up her seat in the European Parliament on 1st July. It’s been a big learning curve for her, and for the other new UK Green MEPs, but that hasn’t stopped her providing regular updates on what’s happening; these are currently best seen here: (apologies to non-Facebook users) https://www.facebook.com/CllrGinaDowding/ […]
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News
28 June 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Councillor Tom Crone writes: A consultation is underway on sweeping changes to bus services in the city. Green Cllrs will be objecting due to the scrapping of the 86D, the 82D and the 82C which affects the wards they serve. You may find that services you rely on are affected too. Please take a look […]
9 May 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
We are all having to face up to the fact that to meet the challenge of climate change we have to manage our own carbon budgets very tightly indeed. Flying and mechanized sailing are considerable contributors to both atmospheric carbon dioxide, and more generalised air pollution. Attractive as travel is we need to minimise our […]
28 April 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
12 April 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
This is the text of the motion The Combined Authority notes: 1. Humans have already caused irreversible climate change, the impacts of which are being felt around the world. Global temperatures have increased by 1 degree Celsius from pre-industrial levels. Atmospheric CO2 levels are above 400 parts per million (ppm); this far exceeds the 350 […]
10 April 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Have a look at this 15-minute video by Julian Taylor:
5 April 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Green Party Councillors propose that Liverpool City Council should declare a Climate Emergency and commit to action This is the text of the motion: 1. Humans have already caused irreversible climate change, the impacts of which are being felt around the world. Global temperatures have increased by 1 degree Celsius from pre-industrial levels. Atmospheric CO2 levels are above […]
Campaigns
4 April 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
George Monbiot, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, Rowan Williams, Margaret Attwood and others propose to tackle climate change by re-investing in nature’s solutions.
28 March 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Today I am feeling hopeful. A Green New Deal would tackle both climate breakdown and the shameful levels of inequality and underinvestment that helped drive the Brexit vote. It would unleash unprecedented levels of investment in bold climate action over the next ten years, transforming the economy while creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs. […]
14 March 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Tomorrow, pupils from schools up and down the country will be walking out of lessons. They’ll be gathering in dozens of locations across the country with a simple message. We need emergency climate action now. Will you be standing with them? As a teacher myself, I’m proud of each and every pupil taking civic action to […]
There are only 3 more days to donate to Liverpool Greens 2019 crowdfunder for the 2019 local elections. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our members we’ve already raised over £850. That’s great news – but we’re still a long way from meeting the £2,000 target that could help us get both Kay and Anna […]
News St Michaels
8 March 2019 / 24 September 2020 by pressofficer
6 March 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Lord Mayor, I would like to place on record my thanks for the hard work of council officers who have been involved with the process of setting this budget. There is no doubt that the continued impacts of austerity make each year more of a challenge, and I am extremely grateful for the team work […]
4 March 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
The following text is the exact wording of the budget amendment the Green Party have submitted to the Liverpool City Council budget, which will be debated and voted on, on Wednesday 6th March 2019. The Green Party propose the creation of a £120m Climate Emergency Fund as part of a Climate Emergency Budget. This will […]
Greenbank News
3 March 2019 / 3 October 2020 by pressofficer
1 March 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
The lawyer Polly Higgins gave up her job and home to fight for a law of ecocide. She has now been given six weeks to live after diagnosis of an aggressive cancer. You can support her work by becoming an Earth Protector. What is being done to the Earth is criminal but, shockingly, it is […]
12 February 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Walking up the Langdales in the Sixties, I can remember it was glorious – apart from the crowd of flies swarming in the heat around every walker. Going up Loughrigg (it is a bit easier!) 50 years later not much sign of flies at all—on the face of it hurrah! But a series of new […]
Campaigns News
11 February 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
A few weeks ago we reported that Liverpool City Council was planning to dispose of a Local Wildlife Site in Sefton Park to expand the Cricket Club. We provided details here. We’ve nothing against cricket as such, but protecting wildlife is essential, and Britain is one of the worst countries for destroying it. This article in the Independent describes why […]
Jonathan Clatworthy asks how we learned to accept poor air quality Air pollution is ‘ the new tobacco ‘, said the World Health Authority a short time ago: ‘the simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming billions more’. It now affects over 90% of the world’s population. Now the Guardian has just published […]
1 February 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Those able to come to the Green Monday at Preston New Road on 28th January were treated to a very interesting – and inspiring – talk from Krista Cowman. Krista is Professor of History at Lincoln University – and a top-ranking aficionado of Cuban mojitos (I’ve seen her in action in Havana!) – and specialises […]
29 January 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Wildlife Site In Sefton Park To Be Given Away By Council And Developed More green space is under threat in our city – this time in Sefton Park. Liverpool City Council plans to give an area of public open space in the park to Sefton Park Cricket Club. It will then be developed as an all-weather […]
28 January 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Since Bristol Green Party councillors passed a motion on Bristol City Council in November declaring a climate emergency, a host of local authorities across the country have now followed suit. In line with the findings of the IPCC report that we have 12 years left to avert breakdown of our climate, Bristol City Council unanimously […]
Good news from the national Green Party’s Green Herald: Membership of the Green Party has been increasing more than any time since the 2017 General Election. Over 900 new people joined the party in December and over 800 joined in October and November. At the same time, the Green Party are polling higher than at any […]
26 January 2019 / 24 September 2020 by pressofficer