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highpeakgreenparty
- May 5, 2021
- 3 min
For a Green Voice on Derbyshire County Council
The Green Party argues the UK should be aiming to get to net zero by 2030 - an exceptionally challenging but crucial target. While local...
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Mike Shipley
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
UN International decade for ecosystem renewal
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2021 - 2030 the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration. The aim of the decade is to drive...
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Mike Shipley
- Feb 20, 2021
- 3 min
Government cuts funding for green homes
The Goverment's flagship Green Homes Grant scheme is set to be another glorious failure as the bulk of the much heralded £2bn scheme...
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Jane Reynolds
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
Saving Hogshaw
A local campaign in Buxton is challenging plans to sell off land in Hogshaw. Much of this land was the local tip and has been abandoned...
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Joanna Collins
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Divesting from fuels makes environmental and financial sense
At the full meeting of High Peak Borough Council on February 16th, I'll be proposing a motion divest council funds from companies that...
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Mike Shipley
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
What? A new coal mine!
At the 2017 Climate Conference in Bonn, the UK with Canada launched, to much acclaim, the Powering Past Coal Alliance. This committed...
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Jane Reynolds
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
The A-Level Fiasco - One More Symptom of a Broken System
At first glance, the recent A-Level results fiasco seems like just one more example of ministerial incompetence in dealing with the...
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Jane Reynolds
- Jul 25, 2020
- 5 min
Fossil Fuels: Divestment, Engagement and Derbyshire
Almost anyone who has worked for a public sector organisation in Derbyshire, for example, as a local council officer, school staff...
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Jane Reynolds
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Persecution of wildlife in the Peak District National Park
During the lockdown, there has been an increase in trapping and killing wild animals. The RSPB have reported a sharp increase in the...
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Jane Reynolds
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
A new deal for nature
At the end of 2019, Caroline Lucas, former co-leader and current sole MP of the Green Party, commissioned a “New Deal for Nature" to...
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Pat Thompson
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
A new deal for nature
At the end of 2019, Caroline Lucas, former co-leader and current sole MP of the Green Party, commissioned a “New Deal for Nature” to...
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Jane Reynolds
- Mar 11, 2020
- 3 min
Chancellor must invest in a Green New Deal to protect climate and communities
The Green Party are calling for a budget that will give us a realistic chance of avoiding climate breakdown and, at the same time, tackle...
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Mike Shipley
- Mar 4, 2020
- 4 min
Floods, the new normal
Increased Flooding Predicted by Climate Science In 2007, violent summer storms caused widespread flooding in England affecting 55,000...
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Joanna Collins
- Feb 23, 2020
- 4 min
Climate risk is investment risk
Martin Carney, outgoing Governor of the Bank of England, is unlikely to be lying outside the offices of fossil fuel companies along with...
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Luke Robinson
- Jan 24, 2020
- 2 min
Agreement reached between High Peak Green Party and High Peak Labour Party for the Whaley Bridge By
An electoral agreement has been reached between High Peak Green Party and High Peak Labour Party whereby the Green Party candidate, Lucas...
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Joanna Collins
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min
Action on the climate emergency
Plans for action on the climate emergency, which was declared last year in October, will be included in High Peak Borough Counci's l...
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Joanna Collins
- Nov 4, 2019
- 4 min
Where your recycling goes.
Does the stuff you put in your recycling bin really get recycled? How is plastic separated from paper, cardboard from drinks cans? A...
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Jane Reynolds
- Nov 1, 2019
- 1 min
Green Party candidate welcomes chance to fight general election
Green Party candidate for High Peak, Robert Hodgetts-Haley, has welcomed the chance to fight the December general election, despite the...
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Jane Reynolds
- Oct 16, 2019
- 4 min
High Peak declares a climate emergency
At the full council meeting on October 15th, High Peak Borough Council unanimously declared a climate emergency and agreed to set up a...
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