Comment Richard Priestley
1 March 2017 by Green Party Admin
I’ve just posted a blog ‘A strange moment in UK Politics’ and over previous weeks a number of blogs about exponential growth of solar power and of innovation of zero emission transport technologies. www.richardpriestley.co.uk On the website we have a new MailChimp sign-up form. Please sign-up and you’ll get the each new blog direct to your […]
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Climate change Energy Herefordshire Topics
25 February 2017 by Green Party Admin
A Herefordshire business has benefited from the first Business Energy Efficiency Programme, set up to help lower running costs and promote energy efficiency. Caplor Energy, based in Fownhope, is the first business in the county to be awarded the grant. The company was awarded £12,236 for an innovative energy storage project to capture energy from […]
Herefordshire Housing Topics
23 February 2017 by Green Party Admin
The Hereford Community Land Trust was formed in 2016 and is part of a national network of local Land Trusts. We are actively seeking more members who have an interest in local affordable homes for others in the city or for themselves. It is important that we build up membership to give weight to the […]
Fracking Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
6 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
Members of green groups in Herefordshire, including Greenpeace and the Green Party, leafleted shoppers in Hereford last Saturday on the controversial issue of Fracking. Fracking is used to extract shale gas [1], and has recently been given the go ahead in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the face of very vocal opposition from local people, councils […]
Big Green Conversation Fracking Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
25 November 2016 by Green Party Admin
Of interest to those attending last night’s Big Green Conversation on Fracking, The Guardian reports this morning that Ministers deliberately delayed a report showing fracking could affect house prices, health and the environment until after a crucial planning decision.
Fracking
17 November 2016 by Green Party Admin
THE GREEN PARTY strongly opposes fracking. Not only is a dangerous and unproven technology, even if it were safe it would be unacceptable because our overriding priority has to be to reduce our carbon emissions. All our efforts must be to reduce carbon use and increase renewable energy capacity. And renewables are great news for Herefordshire where […]
14 November 2016 by Green Party Admin
When future historians look back at 2016, what will they see as the most significant change? In Marrakech, Morocco, the COP22 climate change talks are underway. The evidence for climate change is utterly overwhelming. Atmospheric CO2 has passed the milestone of 400ppm. Each year sees the global average temperature rise. Glaciers and permafrost are melting, […]
12 November 2016 by Green Party Admin
‘Fracking the Shire’ is the title of our next Big Green Conversation at De Koffie Pot on Thursday 24th November, 7pm for 7.30pm. Come along to find out what the fuss is about, what’s going on globally, and how it could affect Herefordshire specifically. We are trying this event without the complication of Eventbrite – […]
Energy Fracking Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
27 September 2016 by Green Party Admin
Hereford MP Jesse Norman has criticised Labour for saying it would ban fracking. A Hereford Green spokesperson said: ‘Jesse Norman may find it interesting explaining his love of fracking to residents of South Herefordshire as they worry about falling house prices, polluted water supplies, earthquakes and damage to our tourist industry if the frackers are […]
Climate change Energy Fracking Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
1 August 2016 by Green Party Admin
In July, Jesse Norman was appointed to a junior ministerial post (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State) in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. His energy responsibilities are Nuclear and Oil & Gas including shale gas. Soon after his appointment, we contacted him to seek a meeting, intending to discuss the Hinkley Point decision, and fracking, among […]
Energy Fracking Topics
23 July 2016 by Green Party Admin
The Ross Gazette reports that Frack Off Our Forest, a local pressure group, is urging Herefordshire residents to write to their local MP, Jesse Norman, if they believe that fracking should not be allowed in the Wye Valley or the Forest of Dean. It was revealed last year that areas of the Wye Valley and the […]
Fracking Topics
21 December 2015 by Green Party Admin
AREAS in south Herefordshire are now licensed for fracking following a government vote, reports the Hereford Times. The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean were part of the 159 Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences awarded for fracking across England voted through in the House of Commons on December 16. But before a licensee can start […]
19 December 2015 by Green Party Admin
Areas in the south of Herefordshire are now licensed for fracking. On 17 December, government announced that 159 Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs) had been awarded for fracking across England under the 14th landward licensing round. Areas to the south of our county, including inside the Forest of Dean and in the vicinity of Symonds Yat (known […]
