MEPs voted to support the European Commission’s Green Deal for Europe this week, with 482 votes in favour against 136 against and 95 abstentions, a development welcomed by Green MEPs, tho...
“As a Green, the world can seem a very bleak place at the moment, but we must keep in mind that the revolution starts now.” Young Greens Campaigns Officer Tyrone Scott reflects on the 201...
As hellish bushfires rage through Australia, providing a nightmarish glimpse of the planet’s future in a climate emergency, Alexandra Phillips MEP has called for individual and government...
With Parliament having passed a climate emergency motion in May last year, Green MP Caroline Lucas is calling for the House of Commons to show it means business by making its catering ser...
Following yesterday’s Queen’s Speech – which has been criticised by the Greens for its lack of attention to the environment – a group of school climate strikers joined Green MP Caroline L...
Tomorrow (19 December), the Queen will mark the start of the new parliamentary session at the State Opening of Parliament, delivering a speech written for her by the new government. Ahead...
“And that very gap between the people, businesses and their governments is telling, and encouraging. The people and many government bodies below the national level get that this is an eme...
In the aftermath of the Conservatives’ historic majority at the 2019 general election, Rupert Read, Professor at the University of East Anglia, reflects on the implications for the strugg...
Yesterday (11 December), the European Commission unveiled its European Green Deal, setting out plans to become a carbon-neutral continent by 2050. Alexandra Phillips, Green MEP for the So...
“If European shipping were a country, it would be the 8th largest polluter in the bloc, pumping 139 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2018 alone.” Reflecting on her frequent jo...
