Public meeting with Molly Scott Cato, Green Party MEP for SW England. 21st January 2018 by exetergreenparty Brexit: what on earth’s going on – and what does it mean for Exeter? Public meeting with Molly Scott Cato, Green Party MEP for SW England. Exeter Library Rougemont Room Thurs Feb 15th 7 to 8.30pm All welcome: a chance to hear the views of a leading MEP, and to raise issues that concern you. […] Read more »
Council air pollution plan: big on ambition, light on detail, say Greens 13th January 2018 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has slammed the Labour Council over a new draft Air Quality Action Plan, which sets out ideas for reducing illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide, caused almost entirely by the city’s traffic. Levels of the air pollutant – known to shorted lives and cause serious health problems, have remained illegal for ten years, […] Read more »
Greens choose well-known peace campaigner as candidate in by election 24th November 2017 by exetergreenparty The Green Party has announced that well-known peace campaigner and union activist, Tom Milburn, will be their candidate in the forthcoming city council by election in Newtown and St Leonards. Tom has lived in the city centre for 20 years, having first come to Exeter as a student. Tom says that the proliferation of luxury […] Read more »
Greens call for planners to take people seriously 21st October 2017 by exetergreenparty Consultation on the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan [1] will be wholly inadequate if the participating councils stick to their present plans. In a letter [2] to Councillor Daniel Gottschalk, chair of Exeter’s planning committee, Green Party Councillor Chris Musgrave argues that the whole process has been designed as a top-down one for minimum participation by […] Read more »
Greens welcome the delay to close the bus and coach station and call for new vision. 12th October 2017 by exetergreenparty Green Party Councillor, Chris Musgrave, has welcomed a decision by the City Council to keep the bus station open, after developers pulled the plug on £100m redevelopment plans of the area. Cllr Musgrave who spoke at an extraordinary full council meeting, at which the project was discussed, said: “Labour’s dream of a privatised leisure centre […] Read more »
A new vision for bus station 10th October 2017 by exetergreenparty Green Party Councillor, Chris Musgrave, has welcomed a decision by the City Council to keep the bus station open, after developers pulled the plug on £100m redevelopment plans of the area. Cllr Musgrave who spoke at an extraordinary full council meeting, at which the project was discussed, said: “Labour’s dream of a privatised leisure centre […] Read more »
Greens pledge to tackle air pollution as Council promise cross-party approach to tackling ‘health crisis’ 18th September 2017 by exetergreenparty Greens have called on Exeter City Council to live up to their promise of working cross-party to address the city’s notorious air pollution. The pledge was made at a council committee meeting last week, when councillors discussed a report on air quality in Exeter. The City Council is developing a new draft Air Quality Action […] Read more »
Greens expose the inconvenient truth behind Labour’s drive to grow Exeter 15th September 2017 by exetergreenparty As councillors on an Exeter City Council committee meet this Thursday to discuss Exeter’s air quality, the Green Party have slammed the Council for years of inaction, demanding bold measures to tackle air pollution, mainly caused by traffic, and make it easier to move around the city. Greens say current plans fall far short of […] Read more »
Greens demand City Council stop using toxic weed-killer in Exeter 15th September 2017 by exetergreenparty Greens demand City Council stop using toxic weed-killer in Exeter The Green Party will today send an open letter to the leader of Exeter City Council, Pete Edwards, urging him to press the City Council to end the use of a toxic pesticide in Exeter. The letter, signed by 50 people, expresses deep concern at […] Read more »
Stagecoach consultation on ‘congestion’ used as justification for service cuts, accuse Greens 14th August 2017 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has slammed a Stagecoach consultation on tackling traffic congestion as a sham. Local Greens say the results of the consultation, carried out over the summer, have instead been used as justification to cut services; an announcement about a review to Exeter bus routes was made from Stagecoach South West last week [1]. […] Read more »