An opinion piece by Tim Lee, Green Party candidate for Baldock Town The Cost of Living Crisis is painfully real for most people, barely noticed by some, and enriching a few, such are the great inequalities in our society. Several events have lead to current rapidly rising prices, high inflation: Brexit, Covid, the Ukraine war, […]
On Monday the UN chief issued a stark warning – the world is on a “highway to climate hell”. His message was clear. We need urgent action from world leaders at COP27. Or we face global disaster. But standing in the way of progress is a dangerous treaty. One that allows fossil fuel companies to […]
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The UK’s biggest ‘green’ energy company Drax is hiding a dirty secret. In order to create ‘clean’ energy for the UK, they have endangered the health of poor and majority black communities in the US, and cut down vast swathes of ancient forest in Canada. [1] [2] This is a scandal. Will you tell the […]
Herts County Council is holding a consultation on the new Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) in partnership with North Herts Council until 7th November. The LCWIP sets out ideas for creating safer pavements, footpaths, pedestrian crossings and cycle routes. All relevant information – the plan and short consultation survey – can be found on the […]
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Would you like to invest in reducing your energy bills in the future and cut your carbon emissions at the same time? If you live in North Herts, or run a business here, you can register for a solar panel group buying scheme. Similar schemes have saved their members 20-35% on their purchase. North Herts […]
The humble hedgerow is the unsung hero of our countryside. Hedges connect habitats and provide homes for wildlife. They protect the soil, clean the air and absorb carbon emissions. But around half our hedgerows have been lost since the end of the Second World War – leaving us vulnerable to the threats of climate change and air pollution, while intensifying nature’s decline. The […]
We are happy to support this local event, with a great line up of guest speakers and panellists: Professor Rupert Read – leading COP26 panellist, environmental campaigner and strategist Ruth Allen – co-founder of Climate Emergency Centres UK Catherine Ross – Sustainable St Albans trustee and lead on the environment for the Church of England’s […]
The North Herts and Stevenage Green Party supports this proposal in principle but believes the application requires binding conditions if the application is to be approved. We support this proposal as one of the measures needed to combat the climate emergency and the UK’s aim to reach net zero by 2050. Without such developments this […]
Maryla Hart, a North Herts and Stevenage Green Party member and also a Masters student studying sustainability, has been representing Anglia Ruskin University on the Oxford-Cambridge ARC student panel. She has been taking part in webinars, and written a blog about the urgent need for adaptation to climate and ecological challenges which has just been […]
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We invite our members and supporters to join us for Earth Hour 2022 by switching off your lights for one hour, on 26 March at 20:30 local time. Every year on the last Saturday in March, supporters in over 190 countries unite to raise awareness of the issues facing the Earth. It is a small […]
