Greens call for business energy support to incentivise shift to renewables
4 January 2023
The Greens have urged the government not to reduce the support it provides businesses towards their energy costs, but to use it to incentivise the shift to renewables and energy efficiency.
As the government prepares to announce changes to the support it provides businesses for energy...Read More »
Government needs to “get serious about reducing traffic levels” following latest Active Travel funding announcement
4 January 2023
The Green Party has said the latest government announcement of £32.9 million to create a national network of walking and cycling experts [1] doesn’t come close to delivering the active travel revolution we need.
The funding announced this week aims to support local authorities to enhance...Read More »
Greens urge UK to step up action on biodiversity loss after COP15 deal announced
19 December 2022
The Green Party has welcomed the deal to halt biodiversity loss announced at the UN’s COP15 summit in Canada today [1], but warned the UK government and others must now step up to the plate to make the promises a reality.
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said:
Adrian Ramsay makes key demands on UK government during visit to Suffolk nature reserve
9 December 2022
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay has made a series of key demands of Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey during a visit to a nature reserve in her Suffolk constituency today [Friday] which sits in the shadow of the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant.
Ramsay visited the...Read More »
Cumbria coal mine decision shows “government is the pits” on tackling the climate crisis
7 December 2022
Commenting on Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove’s go ahead for the Cumbria coal mine, Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Adrian Ramsay said:
“It’s a disgrace that this decision has been cynically delayed until just after we have ceased to hold the COP Presidency. This government...Read More »