High Peak Green Party

In 2007, Professor David King, then chief scientific advisor to the UK government stated. Avoiding dangerous climate change is impossible – dangerous climate change is already here. The question is, can we avoid catastrophic climate change? Year after year, opportunities have been lost and now we see extreme weather events increasing dramatically in our own temperate land. On July 25th, we were sweltering in record temperatures and just a week later, torrential rain brought

It’s always nice when your policies are stolen. Jeremy Corbyn’s recent speech on climate change is welcome both for the attention he is giving to the issue but also the focus on community-owned energy as a key part of the solutions. The Green Party has of course being saying this for many years, and it remains a key plank of our strategy on climate change. Communities ‘taking back control’ of their energy supply and use is a reflection of core Green values of local democracy

On September 16th, High Peak Green Party members joined local people in Eckington, Derbyshire, to protest against plans by INEOS to frack in the area of Marsh Lane. The Green Party oppose fracking for many reasons. The history of the fracking boom in the U.S. is one horror story after another of contaminated air, water, and land. Our government claims that it will be different here - more strictly regulated. But are we really willing to take that risk? But the main reason tha

Greens and Labour came together during the general election to support Ruth George. After her stunning victory the two parties are co-operating again. They have jointly organised a half day conference on Saturday September 30th. Called Towards a Greener Glossopdale it will provide an opportunity for local people to come together to discuss environmental concerns. Ruth will be present at the start of the conference, alongside High Peak resident and Green Party member Profess