County Durham residents are being given the opportunity to discover (or rediscover) the joys of bike riding as part of a Bike Month Challenge. The county council has linked up with lovetoride.net/uk to promote a month-long campaign to get people back in the saddle. Green county councillor and keen cyclist Jonathan Elmer said: “Cycling benefits […]
Category: Health
Greens call for common ownership of water companies
The consequences of a decision by the Conservative Government back in October 2021 is now having a devastating impact on our rivers and coastal waters. Back then, Tory MPs – including the three representing County Durham constituencies – voted down a Lords amendment to the Environment Bill which would have made it illegal for water […]
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Clean Air Day comes to Durham
City of Durham Green parish councillor Rupert Friederichsen has led the party’s participation on Clean Air Day with a stall in the Market Place promoting solutions to tackling air pollution. The evidence base behind Clean Air Day, the UK’s largest campaign on air pollution by Global Action Plan, reveals the weight of scientific evidence on […]
