There is a real climate and ecological emergency. The Green Party has explicit policies which do not ignore it.
ELECTED GREEN COUNCILLORS HAVE:
- Argued for the Council’s carbon claims to be independently verified to improve transparency, credibility & avoid ‘greenwash’
- Campaigned for the £m’s being spent on speculative commercial property to be redirected to invest in renewable energy
- Supported new community- and cooperatively-owned energy schemes such as those developed by Low Carbon Hub
- Proposed amendments to Local Plans to require all new residential and commercial properties to be ‘net zero’ carbon
- Campaigned to end building on valued greenfield sites & flood plains whilst enhancing ‘green corridors’ for wildlife
- Argued for better access to nature – vital for improving wellbeing – as well as more green roofs and public planting
- Argued for a better Flood Alleviation Scheme and more natural prevention measures
- Backed the bird and insect-friendly planting of verges and community orchards, benefiting both people and wildlife
