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Ellie Chowns, MEP Candidate for the West Midlands

“The use of Section 14 in this way is an unprecedented move in policing public protests in the UK, and it is a worrying one. The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental pillar of our democracy”. Green MEP Ellie Chowns reflects on her arrest in Trafalgar Square last week defending the right of Extinction Rebellion activists to protest and what it means for our democracy.

Lucas: Time for a written constitution

Green Party MP Caroline Lucas says PM is not above the law and must step down after Supreme Court ruling

Poland discovers ecology

Bartlomiej Kozek explores how the environment has come to occupy a large space in Poland’s public debate

Students in Lancaster strike for climate actionn

Eco anxiety: Climate change and youth mental health

How environmental threat and uncertainty feeds into youth mental health issues

Is animal agriculture guilty of ecocide?

The Vegan Society's Tim Thorpe explains how we can reduce our meat consumption

Extinction Rebellion Youth activists in San Francisco, April 2019

10 signs of hope in a dark world

It’s easy to despair at the state of the world, but Green MEP Molly Scott Cato highlights 10 reasons to be cheerful.

Brexit’s unheeded impact on airports

It's not just seaports that face crash-out Brexit chaos but airports too – and the people around them

The new anti-green aggression

Amelia Womack explores the anti-green narrative sweeping through the mainstream media

Councillor Julien Pritchard and Birmingham’s Climate Emergency

Julien Pritchard talks to Green World about his experience on Birmingham City Council

Jones delivers Greens’ Speech in Lords

Green peer Jenny Jones has delivered an alternative ‘Greens’ Speech’ following the Queen’s Speech this week that lays out what a Green Government would do to address the climate emergency...

Jenny Jones |

Politics

Democracy

Environment

Green Party

| Thu 17 Oct 2019

Students, vote with your conscience

“Greens have historically had more support with younger voters and Greens shouldn’t be afraid to campaign fully in many of the areas that have the highest concentration of young voters an...

Martin Osborne |

| Mon 14 Oct 2019

Aviation has its days counted

Diego Pedraza Lahoz, activist at campaign group Stay Grounded, explains the environmental and social arguments for the degrowth of the aviation industry.

Diego Pedraza Lahoz |

Air Quality

Climate Change

Pollution

| Thu 10 Oct 2019

The consequences of language

“The high standards of decency and respect, on which the UK’s democracy is built and so many have taken for granted, now appear to be crumbling.” With today (2 October) marking the UN’s I...

Scott Ainslie |

UK Government

Brexit

| Wed 2 Oct 2019

The business of Brexit

Following recent allegations by Phillip Hammond and Boris Johnson’s sister that Tory-backing ‘speculators’ will stand to profit from no-deal, Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for the South Wes...

Molly Scott Cato |

Brexit

UK Government

Economics

| Tue 1 Oct 2019

Action on Climate Emergency campaign to drive climate action

Action for Climate Emergency campaigners participating in the Bristol anti-airport expansion campaign, along with Extinction Rebellion and Youth Strikes for Climate

Set to be announced at the Green Party Conference this weekend (4-6 October) in Newport, Campaigns Co-ordinator Caroline New outlines how the new Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) campaig...

Caroline New |

Climate Change

Green Party

Campaigns

| Tue 1 Oct 2019

Ending the war on drugs

Green peer Jenny Jones recently spoke to former undercover police officer Neil Woods on the UK’s failing war on drugs for her JensGreenJam podcast.

Jenny Jones |

Green Party

Justice

| Wed 25 Sep 2019

A bombshell ruling

“To say we’re in uncharted territory now is only a statement of the obvious.” As the Supreme Court rules that Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament was “unlawful”, former Green Party l...

Natalie Bennett |

| Tue 24 Sep 2019

Support the Youth Climate Strike to end the status quo

Students and children strike to demand action on the climate emergency.

“Young people are saying that the time is up for business as usual. Everything must change. There is no place in a climate emergency for the status quo.” Green Party Co-leader Jonathan Ba...

Jonathan Bartley |

| Thu 19 Sep 2019

Climate refugees: The definition and protection gap

“Some form of objective category must be implemented into global law and practice, to ensure the protection of individuals and communities who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climat...

Luna Williams |

| Fri 13 Sep 2019

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