A local branch of the Green Party of England and Wales
Achievements Biodiversity Ecological emergency Press release
20th December 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
A question to full Council by Green Party county councillor Jonathan Elmer to declare an ecological emergency in County Durham has resulted in an action plan to protect habitats and improve biodiversity. Durham County Council’s Cabinet has approved a report outlining the Council’s response to the declaration of an ecological emergency in April 2022. Commenting […]
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COP26 Jobs of the future Press release
8th December 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
The Government’s decision to give the go-ahead for a new coal mine in Cumbria has been labelled a disgrace by County Durham Green Party. Commenting on Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove’s decision (7 December) to approve the mine, County Durham Green Party co-ordinator Fiona Shenton said; “It’s a disgrace that this decision has been cynically delayed […]
Pollution Press release
22nd November 2022 / 16th October 2024 by richardsimpson
Conservation volunteers in Teesdale and County Durham Green Party are calling on Northumbrian Water to fix a pumping station which is leaking raw sewage into Deepdale Beck near Barnard Castle every time it rains. Martin Bacon of Teesdale Conservation Volunteers says he has complained to the water company and the Environment Agency on several occasions […]
Austerity Cost-of-living crisis
18th November 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Photo by www.traveljunction.com downloaded from https://www.flickr.com/photos/128012202@N05/16608813171 The Green Party has condemned the Chancellor’s austerity Budget after he announced spending cuts of £30 billion which will impact the poorest the hardest. County Durham Green Party co-ordinator Fiona Shenton warned that yesterday’s Autumn Statement has left people paying the price for a decade of Conservative economic mismanagement, […]