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 …
The UK government is about to deregulate gene editing – so what just happened?
… Picks brussels-stop-gmo-invasion.jpg The UK government is about to deregulate gene editing – so what just happened? The UK government has announced its intention to … year. But serious questions remain about the government’s divergence from both science and …
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 …
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 …
In the midst of a growing list of bizarre decisions taken by the current UK government - particularly with regard to the environment - the recent commitment to growing more genetically modified crops must surely come out on top, argues Pat Thomas...
… of bizarre decisions taken by the current UK government - particularly with regard to the … but also shame and bewilderment that our government should lend its backing to some of … Daily Mail revealed the extent to which our government ministers and regulators have …
Antimicrobial resistance is a ticking time-bomb not only for the UK but also for the world, warns the UK’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies
… resistance by the public, NHS and government. The knighted professor urged … MP Zac Goldsmith bemoaning the fact that ‘Governments have routinely ignored the link … Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that the Government is preparing a five-year plan to …
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 …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… in response to a public appeal from a government agency. But that is the position … was rising. Both the Labour and the Tory governments struggled to reconcile the demise … shared with the Water Research Centre, the Government Chemist, the Ministry of …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… in response to a public appeal from a government agency. But that is the position … was rising. Both the Labour and the Tory governments struggled to reconcile the demise … shared with the Water Research Centre, the Government Chemist, the Ministry of …
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 …
“We’re busy doing nothing, working the whole day through, trying to find lots of things not to do...”
… that chorus being sung by an admixture of government ministers, supermarket supremos, … scandal. Not long ago it emerged that the Government has known for nearly two years … 2010 Manifesto may shed some light as to why government agencies sat on this information …
'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 …
Two decades ago the world's first GM foods went on sale, writes Pat Thomas. The consumer flirtation with GMOs soon died away, yet the biotech industry has grown into a global behemoth, driving agricultural intensification and sending agro-chemical sales through the roof. It's time for us to take a stand once again and insist: there are better, healthier ways of growing food.
… how much money has been thrown at GMOs from government, private investors and … in fact, increased pesticide use. The US Government's own data shows that herbicide use … debate showed was widespread mistrust of government and multinational companies, with …
Over 1,000 juvenile delinquents showed a 44 per cent drop in antisocial behaviour when put on a low sugar diet. So why is the government completely ignoring what we are feeding our children, and yet is happy to spend £2,500 on administering each ASBO?
… when put on a low sugar diet. So why is the government completely ignoring what we are … each ASBO? In October 2003 the UK government launched the latest offensive in … ended up in custody for the breach. While the government continues to plough its enforcement …
… 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 …