At Bristol’s ‘Climate Emergency’ council meeting, Labour and Conservatives vote against action on fossil fuel divestment
Green councillors in Bristol last night charged Labour and Conservatives with ignoring the Climate Emergency, as they voted together to amend a Green Party motion calling for fossil fuel divestment, rendering it ineffective.
“We can’t afford to wait any longer” – Greens respond to Council’s Climate Emergency report
With Extinction Rebellion actions hitting headlines in cities across the UK, Green Party councillors in Bristol last night called on the Labour Mayor and council to show greater urgency in tackling climate change.
Greens say Mayor’s climate plan lacks ideas and emergency
Bristol Green Party has welcomed the Mayor’s new plan to address the Climate Emergency, but says that the plan lacks substance or the urgent action needed to address this pressing issue.
Bristol Councillor who kicked off UK Climate Emergency to represent city at climate event
Carla Denyer, the Green Councillor from Bristol who proposed the first Climate Emergency motion in the UK in November 2018, will be taking part in a ‘high level roundtable’ as part of London’s Climate Action Week.
“Heads L&G win, tails the Council loses” - Greens on Mayor's Temple Island plans
Green Councillors have condemned proposals from the Mayor to hand key public land on Bristol’s Temple Island site to financial services company Legal & General, through an agreement which avoids the usual legal process.
Mayoral candidate challenges “expensive giveaway” of arena site
The Green mayoral candidate for Bristol, Sandy Hore-Ruthven, is challenging the Mayor over proposals to pay a major financial services firm up to £120 million to develop the former arena site at Temple Island, without guaranteeing social return for the city.
Green Councillor brands Council Air Quality plans "shameful"
At at cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Green Councillors challenged the Labour Mayor's lack of detail and evidence to support new air quality proposals.
Action on Climate Emergency (ACE)
Bristol Green Party’s Action on Climate Emergency group, campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of climate change.
Green Councillors press for WECA to take action on Climate Emergency
After launching a Climate Emergency at Bristol Council last November, the first of its kind in the UK, Green Councillors are today calling on the region’s West of England Combined Authority (WECA) to recognise a climate emergency.
Make local plan fit for a changing climate say Greens
More than 6 months after Bristol Council passed a Green Party motion to declare a climate emergency, Green Councillors are now calling on the Council to recognise this in its plans for the future.