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    What is COP26?
    Joanne Collins
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    What is COP26?

    COP means the Conference of the Parties , the Parties or signatories of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. World...
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    For a Green Voice on Derbyshire County Council
    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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    UN International decade for ecosystem renewal
    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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    Government cuts funding for green homes
    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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    Saving Hogshaw
    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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    Divesting from fuels makes environmental and financial sense
    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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    What? A new coal mine!
    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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    The A-Level Fiasco - One More Symptom of a Broken System
    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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    Fossil Fuels: Divestment, Engagement and Derbyshire
    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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    Persecution of wildlife in the Peak District National Park
    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...
    182 views0 comments
    A new deal for nature
    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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    A new deal for nature
    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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    Chancellor must invest in a Green New Deal to protect climate and communities
    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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    Floods, the new normal
    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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    Climate risk is investment risk
    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...
    29 views0 comments
    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...
    166 views0 comments
    Action on the climate emergency
    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...
    30 views0 comments
    Where your recycling goes.
    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...
    81 views0 comments
    Green Party candidate welcomes chance to fight general election
    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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    High Peak declares a climate emergency
    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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