News about topics or campaigns run or supported by Herefordshire Green parties.
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council Housing
13 August 2018 by
Ellie Chowns wins cross-party support for proposal setting out green principles for £40 million investment On 13 July 2018 Herefordshire County Councillors voted unanimously in favour of Ellie’s motion for a ‘Sustainable Development Partnership’. The decision shapes the strategic direction of £40 million of Council investment in new housing and industrial sites – the biggest […]
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Comment Hereford & South Herefordshire Jeremy Milln Transport
30 July 2018 by
The correspondence below illustrates how public support for the Hereford Bypass is being mis-represented. Our position is that the recent consultation showed that only 41% of the public who took part want a Bypass. And some of the 41% may have been saying Yes to an Eastern Bypass. By ‘working the numbers’ Herefordshire Council wants […]
Energy
21 July 2018 by
An important petition to sign please! Green Energy for the Wellbeing of Future Generations in Wales The Welsh Anti Nuclear Alliance (WANA) is becoming increasingly concerned about what is happening in Wales and surrounding areas around energy. New nuclear reactors are planned on Anglesey and SMR’s at Trawsfynydd, radioactive mud is about to be dumped […]
Press releases Transport
20 July 2018 by
From Trish Marsh, published 19 July 2018 Dear Editor, Herefordshire looks set to be squeezed over transport choices due to bus service cuts and an anticipated rise in fuel duty. A new national report – ‘Buses in Crisis’ – shows Herefordshire is hardest hit in the West Midlands following 31.25% cuts to council funding of […]
Europe
10 July 2018 by
Brexit – What’s really going on? Join us for a lively update from MEP Molly Scott Cato Keeping up with what’s going on with Brexit? Unsure who is running the negotiations? Curious about all the recent revelations of law-breaking, cheating and overspending? This Brexit update from Brussels by Molly Scott Cato MEP will shine a […]
30 June 2018 by
Professor A C Grayling (aka “The Brain behind Remain”) will be talking about Brexit and how to stop it. 18:00 at the Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Malvern WR14 2YF
Europe National and global Other Groups
19 June 2018 by
The March for a People’s Vote (on a final Brexit deal) is being supported by organisations including Open Britain, the European Movement UK, Britain for Europe, Our Future our Choice, For our Future’s Sake, Healthier In, Scientists for EU, Trade Deal Watch, Wales for Europe, In Facts and others. Herefordshire for Europe have arranged a […]
Leominster News North Herefordshire Town and Parish Councils
15 May 2018 by
Green Party town & county councillor Jenny Bartlett, has been installed as the 464th Mayor of Leominster. She is the second Green mayor of the town in four years (the term of office is one year). In her acceptance speech, Jenny said she will treat the job as a much more than a ceremonial role and […]
Cycling Other Groups
7 May 2018 by
Hereford Civic Society Annual Lecture – A comprehensive consideration of cycling and cyclists in this country compared with Europe, by cycling experts: Brian Deegan – one of the UK’s leading street design engineers Jess Read – healthy transport engineer and urban designer Jesse Norman – MP & Highways Minister Hosted at the Hereford University Centre, Folly Lane, Hereford […]
Comment Transport
Toni Fagan’s article in the May 2018 edition of The Hedge. Are we really going to build the Hereford Bypass through such a special landscape and ruin it forever? Wye Ruin It? Sometimes – often, we don’t realise what we have lost until it is gone. With this thought nagging me like a tired child I […]
