Grow a Greener, Fairer Exeter
Air quality Climate action Net Zero Recycling
16th October 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
The Green Party has said improving recycling rates and rolling out food waste collections across the city must be an urgent priority after a BBC investigation found that burning waste to generate electricity is now the dirtiest way the UK generates power. Nearly half of the rubbish produced in UK homes is now being incinerated, […]
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Climate action Green Spaces Net Zero
14th October 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
Climate and Nature Bill (CAN) needs at least 100 supporting MPs to have a chance of becoming law The Green Party in Exeter is calling on the city’s MPs, Steve Race and David Reed, to pledge their support for the Climate and Nature Bill (CAN). The proposed legislation aims to ensure a comprehensive and joined-up […]
All Climate action Green Spaces
8th October 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
Exeter’s Labour-led City Council has decided to sell off part of the Grace Road Playing Fields – green space which is part of the River Valley Park. The sale is to a company who want to build a district heating plant on the site. [1] Green Councillor Andy Ketchin is challenging this decision. Cllr Ketchin […]
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1st October 2024 / 7th October 2024 by andrewbell
Green councillor Diana Moore is calling for an investigation after the Labour-led Council snubbed a £6.5 million grant earmarked for replacing antiquated heating systems with cleaner, greener solutions and insulation at two of the Council’s biggest assets. Exeter City Council claims the planned projects at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) and the Riverside Leisure […]
30th September 2024 / 7th October 2024 by andrewbell
After 140 years, today marks the end of coal-powered electricity generation in the UK, with the shutting of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the last coal fired power station in the UK. Green councillor for Newtown and St Leonard’s, Andy Ketchin, formerly worked in the electricity industry. He said: “I look back and see how far we’ve come with […]
22nd September 2024 / 7th October 2024 by andrewbell
Exeter Green Party has launched a campaign to stop the building of a car park on the site of the former bus station in the city centre and is inviting residents in Exeter to put forward alternative positive ideas [1]. The Green Party revealed last month that it is the intention of the Labour administration […]
29th August 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
A Green councillor has called for strong political leadership to prevent Exeter missing out on a chunk of money earmarked to improve bus services in the city. The call from Councillor Lynn Wetenhall, a member of the Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee (HATOC), comes after Labour, Conservative and Independent councillors rejected proposals to improve […]
20th August 2024 / 7th October 2024 by andrewbell
A Green councillor has warned of a ‘democratic deficit’ in the Heavitree & Whipton Barton Division in Exeter. Councillor Carol Bennett made the warning due to the absence of any councillor representing Heavitree being involved in discussions on the next steps following the suspension of the Active Streets Trial (AST). Councillor Bennett has written to […]
19th August 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
Commenting on proposals announced at the Exeter City Council Executive meeting on Tuesday that there are plans to create a new car park on the site of the old bus station [1], Green Councillor Diana Moore, who spoke at the meeting, said: “A new car park, right next to St Sidwell’s Point, a place which […]
16th July 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
Greens push for primary care as part of Water Lane development Green councillors in St David’s, Exeter, a ward earmarked for a major new housing development, have written to NHS Devon challenging their lack of plans to commission new primary care facilities in the area [1]. Greens say the scale of the Water Lane development […]
