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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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Mar 11, 20203 min read
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Floods, the new normal
Increased Flooding Predicted by Climate Science In 2007, violent summer storms caused widespread flooding in England affecting 55,000...
Mike Shipley
Mar 4, 20204 min read
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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...
Joanna Collins
Feb 23, 20204 min read
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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...
Joanna Collins
Jan 6, 20201 min read
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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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Oct 16, 20194 min read
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Declare a climate emergency in High Peak
At the council meeting on Tuesday October 15th, High Peak Borough Council will debate a motion to declare a climate emergency. The motion...
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Oct 2, 20192 min read
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Green councillors acting on the climate emergency
In 2007, Professor David King, then chief scientific advisor to the UK government stated. Avoiding dangerous climate change is impossible...
Joanna Collins
Aug 3, 20194 min read
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Climate change and what to do about it
This spring has seen an eruption of interest and energy in campaigning about climate change, with Extinction Rebellion protests, the...
Jeremy Wight
Jul 6, 20192 min read
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Facing the climate emergency with nature's help
It's been a big week for the climate. Extinction Rebellion have been making headlines with their protests in London, the inspirational...
Pete Tomlin
Apr 23, 20193 min read
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Climate emergency
Last year the International Panel on Climate Change issued the stark warning that we have only 12 years to act to limit the catastrophic...
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Apr 4, 20192 min read
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Climate change is damaging our health
The Lancet countdown on Health and Climate Change The Lancet medical journal was one of the first to highlight the enormous threat posed...
Jeremy Wight
Dec 11, 20183 min read
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12 years to limit climate change catastrophe
This is the largest clarion bell from the science community and I hope it mobilises people and dents the mood of complacency Debra...
Joanna Collins and Jane Reynolds
Oct 9, 20186 min read
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Fire on Saddleworth Moor
The fire still burning on Saddleworth Moor is not in High Peak itself. But it is close enough to make us worry: we have many similar...
Mat Paterson
Jun 28, 20182 min read
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Climate Alliance - local, holistic, sustainable action on climate change
Think Global – Act Local’ E.F Schumacher Local and regional Governments find themselves increasingly at the forefront in the battle...
Mike Shipley
Nov 23, 20174 min read
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No Fracking Way
On September 16th, High Peak Green Party members joined local people in Eckington, Derbyshire, to protest against plans by INEOS to frack...
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Oct 8, 20172 min read
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Towards a Greener Glossopdale
Greens and Labour came together during the general election to support Ruth George. After her stunning victory the two parties are...
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Sep 21, 20172 min read
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