Jonathan Elmer speaking to the crowd on 6th November – Durham Marketplace Durham came together on Saturday 6th November to add its voice to calls for world leaders at the climate summit in Glasgow to take the actions needed to hold the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C. Hundreds gathered in Market Place for a […]
Deer at Richmod Park in London. Source: Pikist This is a shorter version of an article by our own Jonathan Elmer, consultant ecologist and the Green Party’s national spokesman for the natural world, recently published in The Ecologist. The regeneration of nature isn’t happening, either in the UK or around the world. We need to […]
County Durham’s three Conservative MPs have voted down an amendment to the Environment Bill which would have made it illegal for water companies to discharge raw sewage into our rivers and coastal waters. Bishop Auckland MP Dehenna Davison, North West Durham MP Richard Holden, and Sedgefield MP Paul Howell, all voted with the Government to […]
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Shincliffe Parish Council has committed to doing its bit to reach “net zero” emissions. Members have unanimously agreed to declare a climate and ecological emergency, and to call for a joint local & national government Task Force to plan action to reach ‘net zero’ emissions. Green councillor Stephen Ashfield said: “Many local authorities are playing […]
