Letter to NHDC for Clean Air Day 17 June 2021 / 1 December 2024 by Recommendations for improving North Herts Air Quality To mark Clean Air Day, 17th June 2021, Deolinda Eltringham wrote to NHDC to propose a number of recommendations for improving air quality in North Herts. Her letter includes eight years of air monitoring data from Stevenage Road in Hitchin. You can read her letter in full here Read more »
Why Vote Green in 2021 27 April 2021 / 24 March 2024 by daveeldervass “Having a Green in the room provides a voice for the environment, the climate and social justice, areas we believe other parties are failing to match their rhetoric with meaningful action” The Green Party is expecting to make significant gains across the country in the local elections next month, as it stands a record number […] Read more »
North Herts Bus Services 21 April 2021 / 24 March 2024 by daveeldervass Anni Sander and Tim Lee, Herts County Council candidate councillors state that when elected the Green Party will: Buses are a vital component of a well connected integrated transport system, which has a significant impact on social justice, reducing environmental impact and the well-being of the UK population. Why we need to do this For […] Read more »
Concrete Batching 16 March 2021 / 24 March 2024 by Campaign against the concrete batching plant at Rush Green Farm:A campaign led by Nicky Clark In 2018 an application to develop a concrete batching plant at Rush Green Farm in Langley, on the B656 between Hitchin and Codicote was approved. I have been opposed to this development since the beginning along with a huge number […] Read more » local-developments planning-applications
Litter picking 12 March 2021 / 1 December 2024 by daveeldervass Litter, such as discarded Plastics, don’t just look terrible, they also endanger wildlife habitats and harm the environment. Dropped PPE (particularly disposable face masks and plastic gloves) in public places are a consequence of Covid. If you choose to litter pick at the moment, you must observe social distancing and be extra careful around hand […] Read more »
Our candidates in May 2021 4 March 2021 / 24 March 2024 by daveeldervass Adina Claire – Hitchwood Offa and Hoo Hitchwood Offa & Hoo is an area of vital importance in preserving the integrity of local green areas and maintaining the local rural economy and lifestyle. As the local councillor I would fight for a review of the current local plan, which is now fundamentally out of date, […] Read more »
Object to Luton Airport Expansion 27 January 2020 / 1 December 2024 by London Luton Airport Limited (LLAL) is proposing to significantly expand. Nearly doubling in size, the plans would cater for an additional 14 million passengers per year, almost doubling the airport’s current capacity. Apart from the already suggested DART line – a light railway line, which would link Luton Station with the airport – the plans […] Read more » airports infrastructure objection transport
NHDC Climate Emergency 16 June 2019 / 1 December 2024 by NHDC Declares a climate emergency By Nicky Clark on behalf of NH&S GP, Hitchin Labour Group, NH XR, FOE, and TTL In March 2019 Labour’s Cllr Martin Stears-Hanscombe tabled a draft Motion for NHDC to declare a Climate Emergency that had been written by David de Smet of Labour. He had the support and backing […] Read more » carbon climate
Climate Change 16 April 2019 / 1 December 2024 by By DJN for the North Herts Green Party April 2019 The earth has warmed 14 degrees C in the last 3 million years. What does this mean for us? Some of the effects are: The effect of human activity is clear. The Green Party considers global warming to be a potentially devastating environmental (and societal) […] Read more » climate climate-change
Livestock agriculture – a story of abuse, environmental damage and threat to human health 21 March 2019 / 1 December 2024 by Livestock agriculture causes environmental harm, animal abuse and human health issues Introduction (1, 5, 6, 7) There are about 22 billion sheep and goats, cattle, pigs and poultry farmed globally at any one time (24) and the treatmentof individual animals has become an increasingly urgent ethical consideration. Also, agriculture (with intensive livestock farming) is the […] Read more » agriculture animal-agriculture defra
