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“We will not back down”: Greta Thunberg leads climate protests in Bristol

Creating a future without rubbish

Environmental campaigner Luke Douglas-Home talks about the importance of educating children on the circular economy

Victory for campaigners as Heathrow expansion ruled illegal

The Court of Appeals has ruled that plans for a third Heathrow runway are unlawful

Brighton council urged to address climate emergency in budget

Green councillors have announced their proposals for the 2020/21 budget

Spotlight

Q&A: Councillor Lesley Whybrow

Treading flood water

Worsening flooding goes to the heart of the climate crisis, says Green Party Deputy Leader Amelia Womack

Forest of Dean declares Biodiversity Emergency

Green Councillor Nicky Packer tells of how the council passed a declaration recognising the urgent need to protect biodiversity

Natalie Bennett in parliamentary office.

Making pensions transparent

Green peer Natalie Bennett explains the proposed changes to the Pensions Schemes Bill

Features

Opinion: Time for Humanism to turn back to nature

Cath Sutherland calls for a an Eco-humanism that encompasses environmental values

Shahrar Ali, Green Party Home Affairs Spokesperson

The double standard of deportation

Shahrar Ali criticises the Home Office decision to deport 17 convicted criminals to Jamaica

Delaying the release of terrorists just delays the problem

Green Peer Jenny Jones discusses the Terrorist Offenders Bill

MEP candidate for the Eastern England region Catherine Rowett

Pesticides: A chance for change?

Catherine Rowett wonders who will hold the government to account over pesticide regulations outside the EU

Air Quality

Aviation has its days counted

Diego Pedraza Lahoz, campaigner at Stay Grounded, considers the future of the aviation industry

The fight against Heathrow expansion

Jenny Bates, campaigner at Friends of the Earth, explores the impacts of an expanded Heathrow

Sheffield city centre road with vehicles

Sheffield Greens: Clean air zone is missed opportunity

Sheffield City Council’s current proposals for a clean air zone won’t charge private cars

Protesters from Flyglarm Arlanda group walking with banner

Climate activists protest expansion of Swedish airport

Campaigners held up fuel delivery trains headed for Stockholm’s biggest airport

Global Greens

Irish Greens record best ever election result

The Green Party of Ireland has won 12 seats in the Dáil Éireann in its best ever general election result and will now have a strong hand in forthcoming coalition negotiations after no one party won enough seats to form a government following Sinn Féin’s historic surge.

Leave a light on for us

Green MEPs reflect on their time in the European Parliament as the UK leaves the EU

Between a rock and a hard place

Green MEP Molly Scott Cato weighs up the Austrian Greens’ decision to go into coalition with the right-wing Austrian People’s Party

A image of the European Parliament building with flags of EU states

European Parliament votes for Green Deal for Europe

Green MEPs have welcomed the European Parliament vote to support the EU Green Deal

Participants in the Green Academy in North Macedonia

Young Greens find a voice in North Macedonia

The GPEW International Committee gives an overview of the Green Academy training weekend in North Macedonia

Popular

Greens should rethink our relationship with Labour after its disastrous defeat

Irish Greens record best ever election result

Bristol Airport expansion plans rejected

Opinion: Time for Humanism to turn back to nature

Delaying the release of terrorists just delays the problem

2019 general election: Greens increase vote share by 60 per cent

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