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News
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 […]
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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 […]
News St Michaels
26 January 2019 / 24 September 2020 by pressofficer
Events
26 January 2019 / 22 September 2020 by pressofficer
Lawrence Brown, Green Party Councillor for Greenbank Ward, supported the Big Energy Saving Event organised by Liverpool Community Advice. Here he is pictured with two of the staff.
Greenbank News
24 January 2019 / 3 October 2020 by pressofficer