Latest news from the Liverpool Green Party
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Climate change news
A mixture of good and bad: Good – more and more local councils around the region are declaring Climate Emergencies; in many cases this has been as a result of work by Green Councillors (e.g. Burnley) or Green Party activists pushing from outside (e.g. Blackpool). The proof of the pudding will be in the resulting […]
Andy Fewings
This past month we have had to bid farewell to Andy Fewings, one of our two Field Organisers. Andy stepped into the role in January on what at the time was a five-month contract. He would have very much liked to continue but pressure of work in his other career, plus the challenge of leading […]
Gina Dowding MEP
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/ […]
Yet another “non-sultation” from Liverpool City Council
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 […]
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Flight Free Pledge
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 […]
