Lancaster & District Green Party

Gina Dowding, the Green prospective parliamentary candidate for Lancaster & Fleetwood, shared a platform with the Mayor of Delhi, Ms Arti Mehra, at the Local Government Association national conference in Liverpool on Wednesday 12th March. The former Lancaster City Council cabinet member joined the Indian Mayor in a panel discussion on the threats posed by climate change and the sorts of actions that local councils could take to reduce carbon emissions and to prepare for the effects of global warming. (more…)

Lancashire Green County Councillor Chris Coates was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of Scottish Greens in Castle Douglas in Galloway last week. Cllr Coates spoke about the success of the Green Party in Lancaster and there was a lively discussion on how that might be repeated in South West Scotland.
Also speaking at the meeting was Cllr Kieran Wild from Glasgow Green Party.

Climate change is not just a matter of global weather patterns. This week’s storms are a taste of what is to come. The turbulent weather conditions hitting the country this week are a worrying sign of things to come unless the Government takes a tougher line on climate change, Green MEP Caroline Lucas warned today.

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Gina Dowding, the Green Party candidate for the Lancaster and Fleetwood parliamentary constituency was the main speaker at a public meeting at Milton St Youth and Community Centre in Fleetwood on Wednesday, March 5.

An audience of local Fleetwood reisdents heard the former Lancaster City Council cabinet member outline what she considered to be the key issues facing Fleetwood in the future. These ranged from the threat posed by climate change to the need for affordable housing and the possibilities for a sustainable fishing industry.

Green MEP for South-East England Caroline Lucas today condemned Gordon Brown’s plans announced to MPs by Business Secretary John Hutton, which commit Britain to a future of nuclear power.

Dr Lucas, a long-standing campaigner against the use of nuclear energy, attacked New Labour’s “love affair with nuclear” as “a dangerous, irresponsible and costly distraction from the real challenge of tackling climate change”, following today’s Government decision which will spark a new generation of nuclear facilities in the UK. (more…)

The Green Party has selected former Lancaster City Councillor Gina Dowding as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the new Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency. Gina said: “I am very enthusiastic about standing for the Greens again in the general election and am very optimistic about our prospects in this new constituency.” (more…)

This year people across Lancashire can take their Christmas cards to WH Smith, Tesco, Marks and Spencer and TK Maxx stores any time in January to be recycled. Green County Councillor Chris Coates Said “Last year Lancashire people recycled over 2½ million cards making a big difference to the amount of rubbish sent to landfill. This year it should be even easier for people “

British Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) were put on the back foot at a packed and lively meeting at Glasson Dock village Hall earlier this week. At the start of the meeting Lancaster City Council’s chief planning officer, Andrew Dobson, announced that he had asked for a full Environmental Impact Assessment(EIA) to be carried out. (more…)

See & hear Green voices from all over the country: Caroline Lucas MEP at the climate change Rally, Jean Lambert London’s Green MEP at the World Against War conference, Troops Out No Trident demo and much more. Plus the Youtube channel of the Green Party of England and Wales. Latest Green Party news and comment.

Details and plans of the proposed developments at Glasson basin Marina that are due to be discussed at next weeks public meeting can be viewed on the planning pages at Lancaster City Councils website.

Documents available include; A proposed site plan , Transport assesment, Ecological assesment and an Aquatic Scientists report. Further information on the Marina can be found at: http://www.philodor.f2s.com/Glasson/

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