Exeter Greens urge public to get on board to stop bus cuts 23rd March 2015 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party are planning a day of action on Thursday 26th March to alert passengers to the £1.7 million cuts proposed by Devon County Council to bus services. Campaigners will be talking to passengers on Exeter High Street and encouraging them to let Devon County Councillors know how the cuts will affect them. Passengers […] Read more »
Weed out the politicians making bad decisions say Exeter Greens 2nd March 2015 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has slammed the Labour controlled Council for ‘distorted priorities’ by proposing an amendment to Devon County Council’s budget seeking an additional £250,000 for weed control in Exeter [1]. The move comes amid worries about how the city will look to visitors during the Rugby World Cup. However, the Greens say the focus […] Read more »
Greens unearth Government plans to frack Exeter 24th January 2015 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has warned that homeowners in the city should brace themselves for fracking beneath their homes. Exeter, together with East Devon and Torquay, are currently listed by the Government as areas under offer for fracking licenses.[1] Green’s say that new legislation contained in the Government’s Infrastructure Bill [2] will give the green light […] Read more »
Baroness backs call for public rail for the South West 5th January 2015 by exetergreenparty Green Baroness Jenny Jones today backed local campaigners calling to bring the railway network and its operation into public hands. Local Green Party campaigners joined Union representatives at Exeter St David’s and Central Stations to greet commuters as they headed back to work. The action was one of many across the South West and other […] Read more »
Greens respond to city centre development plans 5th December 2014 by exetergreenparty The Green party in Exeter have broadly welcomed the redevelopment of the bus station site, particularly the emphasis on leisure uses including a swimming pool, but have repeated their call for a new market square. They have also welcomed plans to develop the site to BREEAM environmental standards and the swimming pool to passivhaus standards. The Party say […] Read more »
Greens call for Climate Change to be Exeter’s ‘Number One priority’. 6th November 2014 by exetergreenparty The Green Party in Exeter has written to Council leader, Cllr Pete Edwards, demanding an urgent response to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [1]. Greens point to the ‘critical role of local councils’ in tackling climate change, identified in the IPCC report. The Green Party is calling for an […] Read more »
Campaigners urge public to TTIP the balance on secret US and EU trade deal 6th October 2014 by exetergreenparty Green Party members will join Devon campaigners from a wide range of campaign groups and Unions this Saturday 11th October to raise awareness of a coalition Government supported EU-US trade deal known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The Exeter day of action will take place in Bedford Square between 11am and 2pm […] Read more »
Exeter Greens chose Diana Moore as parliamentary candidate 16th September 2014 by exetergreenparty Green Party members in Exeter have selected Diana Moore as their parliamentary candidate for the 2015 general election. Ms Moore is a business advisor with extensive experience working with social enterprises, charities and councils across the South West and is a director on the boards of two local cooperatives and a social enterprise. She has […] Read more »
Exeter Green Party call for support to local business during centre’s redevelopment 8th August 2014 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party is warning that local and independent businesses could be pushed out of the city centre as a result of its redevelopment. Greens are concerned that the redevelopment of the bus station site, Sidwell Street and Paris street areas will aim to attract more chains and national brands and so squeeze out local […] Read more »
Bradshaw admits we’ll be fracked under a future Labour government 23rd June 2014 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has been accused by Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw of misleading the public over his stand on fracking. We don’t think so, but invite you to look at the evidence and decide for yourself. The accusations arose following comments made on Twitter by Exeter Green Party member Andrew Bell, who having receiving a […] Read more »