The Government has let down Britain with its repeated failures to seize the opportunities of green growth, healthy local food, better housing, environmental protection - and is instead pinning all its hopes on flawed, outmoded ideologies that betray our futures.
… Final fling of a government of lost opportunities Natalie … Fracking Trade green-and-pleasant-cut.jpg The Government has let down Britain with its … the fact that the actions of this "greenest government ever" are profoundly, totally, at …
Proportional representation could enable us to solve our environmental, social, economic and educational emergencies together.
… wonder, a rare pristine chalk stream. Local government This week I joined protest groups … push for climate action, while their national government fiddles as the planet burns. At the … Scottish Power), despite having a national government seeking to push ahead with a scheme …
Feed-in tariffs are a great way to kick start renewable technologies, writes Chris Goodall. But they suffer from a law of exponentially diminishing returns. It's time for governments to move to direct R&D funding to achieve the transformational changes the world needs.
… diminishing returns. It's time for governments to move to direct R&D funding to … Tariffs emerged as the popular solution Governments around the world have backed away … gone up somewhat since). Instead of research, governments decided to back 'learning by …
By publishing its 'reform' proposals for the support of large scale solar PV in two separate documents on the same day, the Government managed to conceal its true intent from the industry, writes Chris Goodall. The truth is much worse than anyone realised.
… Government reforms will 'probably kill … two separate documents on the same day, the Government managed to conceal its true intent … worse than anyone realised. This week the government announced the abrupt end of the …
It's time for the Government to get serious about the flooding - and the climate change that is driving it, says Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett. Cameron should begin by dredging the muck out of his own Cabinet.
… natalie-bennett.png It's time for the Government to get serious about the flooding - … that Britain has been let down by successive governments when it comes to investment in … understanding of this. Where exactly does the Government stand? There should be no place in …
Yesterday Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement to a braying House of Commons. For Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett, his speech was a glorious exposition of stupidity and deliberate ignorance. No wonder his backbenchers loved it ...
… UK Government all at sea Natalie Bennett | 6th … by 2020. It's also telling that this is a government that's cut subsidies for on-shore … injury to our national wellbeing of this government's failure to seriously engage with …
Agroecological science must be at the centre of the Agriculture Bill.
… The government must embrace fungi Natalie Bennett … House, tongue-in-cheek, that I am sure the government will agree with me. But in this … say it with absolute sincerity. I am sure the government wants our legislation to be …
The government risks falling way short in tackling climate breakdown - and a long list of other environmental crises.
… Party Thought Leaders 20758395-1.jpg The government risks falling way short in tackling … House of Lords yesterday debated part of the government’s programme listed in the Queen’s … made a list of specific questions for the government about the lacks and limitations of …
Government plans to pay coal and diesel generators to stay open the winter after next to 'keep the lights on' betray dangerously old-fashioned thinking, writes Chris Goodall. Not only would it subsidise our dirtiest electricity - it's also incredibly costly. Why not just pay people to reduce their demand when power supplies are stretched?
… UK Fossil Fuels ratcliffe-on-soar-cut.jpg Government plans to pay coal and diesel … We were told early last week that the government will pay existing power stations a … scheme is called the 'capacity auction'. The government is convinced this is the right way …
The environment, agriculture and fisheries bills enable inaction, rather than mandating progress.
… of three crucial bills that will set out the government’s approach to leaving the European … in the next crucial decade, the time the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us … only provide for the possibility for the government to act; they do not direct the …
Where are England’s wind turbines? Tangled in narrow political calculation.
… of England and Wales has ministers in the government, plans are afoot to further expand … implemented in 2015 by the Conservative government have led to a drastic fall in new onshore wind developments. Government data show that there were a paltry …
2015 saw the #GreenSurge that saw the Green Party's membership more than triple in a year and win over 1 million votes in the election, writes Natalie Bennett. Now we need to build on that success: winning representation in local authorities and working for a fair electoral system in which no vote is 'wasted' and we can all vote for what we believe in.
… that are coming up, are facing local government that's totally, or almost, an … councils are suffering enormously under the governments hideous program of austerity but … Human Rights act is under attack from our government and we need to stand up and defend …
UK support for low-carbon energy technologies is running at £250 million a year, writes Chris Goodall. Yet the government wants to throw four times more, every year for 35 years, at the Hinkley C nuclear power station, that could take almost as long to build as Salisbury Cathedral.
… million a year, writes Chris Goodall. Yet the government wants to throw four times more, … number of experts like Tony Roulstone, the government ploughs on with its unquestioning … Tariffs for solar PV and wind that the government recently curtailed because of a …
The economic impacts of the Brexit vote will very soon make themselves felt to British consumers, writes Chris Goodall - kicking off with higher fuel bills and pump prices. The good news is that nuclear power is now looking increasingly unaffordable. But renewables and green energy research are also likely to suffer, especially if under a right-wing Brexit government.
… especially if under a right-wing Brexit government. The large devaluation of the last … is no sign yet that either EdF, the French government, or Hinkley's Chinese backers are … for research in this area. A right-wing government hostile to renewables? More …
Nuclear is no panacea for the climate crisis - even if we build new power plants they will come on line too late.
… money to multinational companies - or foreign governments. But there are two important … latest championing of the - rather modest - government investment in the Rolls Royce … seldom you hear the politicians in government in serious discussion about energy …
On Monday Cameron was waxing lyrical on climate change at COP21 in Paris, writes Natalie Bennett. But his true colours will be revealed tomorrow as a long established anti-fracking camp in Cheshire is set for eviction: all part of the plan for a new generation of gas-fired power stations that will blow the UK's emissions targets.
… targets. In theory, David Cameron and his government are desperately concerned about … - among many others - in which the Cameron government is swimming against the … have been hoped); but continued with the government's "dash for gas" - determination to …
Soil is a neglected and vital issue. Can the House of Lords protect the UK soils where the House of Commons has so far failed?
… we’ve only a scant idea. Targets The UK Government accepts the state of our soils is a … the Environment that is supposed to be the government’s overarching policy. It includes … and water quality, but not soils. One of the government’s arguments for that lack is that …
Will food regulations be thrown on the Brexit bonfire?
… There were concerning indications that the government is likely to want to head in the US … without introducing foreign DNA), saying “the government feel[s] that this ruling is neither … of genome editing in agriculture” and for the government to “break free from the EU …
The UK was among the countries which signed up to the Powering Past Coal alliance, launched at the Bonn climate talks. But with coal generating just two percent of power in August, meeting the target of 2025 is all to easy. For other European countries - Poland and Spain included - phasing out coal will be an even greater challenge. NATALIE BENNETT investigates.
… is more symbolic than practical. The government had already promised a phase out by … produced with highly-polluting fuel , and the government is one of the last in the developed … I didn’t hear anybody outright supporting the government’s policy of all-out coal, but it …
'Science cannot be left in the hands of those who champion the multinational seed and agrochemical companies.'
… of European protections to which the UK Government has committed, particularly in … them in our food system. Innovation The government left GMOs out of the Bill, and … to include it. And we can’t be sure that the government won’t jump on the bandwagon and …
… Natalie Bennett | 1st March 2019 News Local Government Green Spaces Green Party … Yet another unwelcome government cut. Opposite my bedroom window in … - despite this dreadful age of local government austerity - it would go to special …
Whatever government we end up with after tomorrow's election, there's just one way to make sure it takes climate change and wider environmental issues seriously, Natalie Bennett told a Cambridge audience yesterday - for us to deliver the strongest Green vote ever!
… Economy natalie-bennett-cut.jpg Whatever government we end up with after tomorrow's … years of the sad sick joke of the "greenest government ever" - which the Centre for … watt. But the nuclear lobbyists still find government doors swept open before them, while …
The UK Government's U-turn on new airport capacity in England defies all logic, argues Natalie Bennett. We must end our obsession with 'high speed projects' and invest in low-speed sustainable transport.
… Transport England plane-runway.png The UK Government's U-turn on new airport capacity in … We've seen some 'good' U-turns from this government - on plain packaging for … don't stand at the station waiting for this government's. Since it was due 16 months ago, …
It's time for UK citizens to #takebackREALcontrol by challenging the anti-democratic powers that control our country, our economy and our lives, retiring Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett told her party conference this weekend in this barnstorming speech. And that's a challenge only the Greens are prepared to take on.
… our causes. One's small, but important - the government has finally, belatedly, announced a … people last year were stuck with a Tory government backed by only 24% of eligible … In Germany the Greens are part of more state governments than Angela Merkel's CDU. In …