Redevelopment of Exeter bus station is a bad deal 17th December 2015 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party have demanded a better deal for the redevelopment of the bus station site and have said if this cannot be achieved the application should be rejected. The demand comes following revelations that the private developer of the site has pulled out of funding a new bus and coach station for the city. […] Read more »
Exeter must raise its ambition in light of groundbreaking Paris Agreement 14th December 2015 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has said the ‘groundbreaking’ Paris Agreement on tackling climate change means Exeter City Council will need to be far more ambitious on reducing carbon emissions and aim to become a zero carbon city by 2050. Almost 200 countries agreed on Saturday to pursue efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C and […] Read more »
COP21: Greens calls for greater ambition for tackling Climate Change in Exeter 10th December 2015 by exetergreenparty As world leaders negotiate a climate deal in Paris, Exeter Green Party have called on Exeter City Council to raise their ambition and aim to become a zero carbon city by 2050. In a statement released in conjunction with the COP21 climate summit, Exeter Greens describe the pledge by the council to run entirely on […] Read more »
Bus Station Redevelopment 9th December 2015 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has submitted a further objection to the bus station redevelopment in Exeter’s city centre. The objection covers the lacks of affordable housing, a demand for a proper market square to celebrate the ‘Best of Devon’, the woeful inadequacy of the transport proposals and the bus station itself, the proposed leisure uses, raises […] Read more »
Statement by Exeter Green Party on the vote for military action against ‘Daesh targets’ in Syria 6th December 2015 by exetergreenparty Following the vote last Wednesday, we now know that the hundreds of thousands in the South West who oppose military strikes in Syria have not a single MP from the region in Parliament representing their views. With Ben Bradshaw siding with the Tories; the Labour Party bitterly split on the issue and Lib Dems supportive […] Read more »