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Daniel Freund MEP speaking at a Bulgarian protest
Standing up to corruption and the rule-of-law crisis in Bulgaria

“In Bulgaria and in the EU it is above all the Greens who are passionately fighting against corruption. Greens are perceived as pioneers for clean politics – free from corruption.” Daniel Freund, Green Member of the European Parliament, explains how the European Union can take action against the dismantling of the rule of law in Bulgaria. 

Clive Lewis MP
Q&A with Labour MP Clive Lewis
Green World talks to Labour MP Clive Lewis about working cross-party cooperation and democratic reform
Houses of Parliament
Environment Bill must not undermine environmental accountability
Ruth Chambers from Greener UK explains why proposed amendments to the Bill threaten OEP independence
Smoke billowing from a wildfire
Book Review: Riders on the Storm
Molly Scott Cato reviews Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being by Alastair McIntosh
Cllr Alison Teal
Power or principle: a false dichotomy?
Cllr Alison Teal discusses the importance of Greens maintaining loyalty to environmentalism
Rupert Murdoch
A new way of taking on the Murdoch empire
Rupert Read explains why he is calling for a boycott on speaking to the Murdoch-owned press
Exeter airport
There’s nothing free about freeports
Green Party member Andrew Bell evaluates the UK Government’s support for freeports
The silent majority stands with Trump
Trumpism is dead, but economic injustice remains
Molly Scott Cato outlines an issue that continues to affect the working class in the UK and US
Trans-Pennine railway
Rail decarbonisation and ‘levelling up’ in the North
Chas Ball explains how electrification of northern railways could help decarbonise the UK economy

Kiwi election result shows value of proportional representation for Greens

Chloe Swarbrick and Gareth Hughes
Reflecting on the results of New Zealand’s recent election, Green Party member and co-founder of proportional representation campaign group GET PR DONE! Alan Story explains the importance...
Alan Story |
Democracy
International
Green Party
Politics
| Mon 19 Oct 2020

Government has failed Liverpool City Region

Liverpool pier head from Albert Dock
“This has the makings of a tragedy for the Liverpool City Region. It will take decades to recover.” Following the announcement that Liverpool City Region is in Tier Three of the new Covid...
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UK Government
Health
Politics
Democracy
| Fri 16 Oct 2020

Supreme Court powers must be curbed, say US Greens

Inside the Supreme Court, USA
“US Greens support increasing the number of justices as a way to dilute the current misbehavior of the court.” Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg on 18 Septe...
Mark Dunlea |
Politics
International
Democracy
| Thu 15 Oct 2020

Investment in wind power fails to match rhetoric

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Following the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday (6 October), in which he declared the UK Government’s intention to invest £160 million in offshore wind, the Green Party co-leader Jonathan...
Lidia Creech |
Politics
Energy
UK Government
| Wed 7 Oct 2020

Wildlife Trusts calls for ‘Wildbelt’ as part of planning strategy

Hedgehog in a field
“Planning needs to identify where nature can be restored and recover, and then protect the places where this is happening.” Dr Sue Young, Head of Land Use Planning and Ecological Networks...
Dr Sue Young |
Climate Change
Environment
Society
Politics
UK Government
Wildlife
| Mon 5 Oct 2020

Government going backwards on environmental protections

Caroline Lucas speaks to Andrew Marr
“This Government needs to do much more than deliver grand pledges to the UN.” Caroline Lucas responds to the pledge made by the UK Government at the UN’s biodiversity summit this week to ...
Caroline Lucas |
Environment
UK Government
Politics
Wildlife
| Thu 1 Oct 2020

Our enemy is not only the virus

Coronavirus testing
The government’s management of its promised ‘world-beating’ test and trace system has been a shambles. However, beneath the incompetence lies a more sinister tale of contracts for governm...
Larry Sanders |
Health
Politics
UK Government
| Thu 24 Sep 2020

Measures on second wave don’t go far enough, say Greens

Coronavirus feet and social distancing
Lack of efficient test and trace will stop Boris Johnson’s new coronavirus measures preventing a second wave of infections, says the Green Party in response to the latest restrictions for...
Green World |
Health
Politics
UK Government
| Wed 23 Sep 2020

Climate Assembly recommendations forge the way for progressive climate policy

Caroline Lucas speaks to Andrew Marr
“It’s striking that Assembly members highlighted the values of fairness and the protection of nature as key principles for the path to net zero, along with more widespread information and...
Caroline Lucas |
Air Quality
Climate Change
Environment
UK Government
Democracy
Politics
| Thu 17 Sep 2020

Why we need proper legal protections for our right to protest

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With reports of heavy handed policing of Extinction Rebellion protests and rumours that the government plans to reclassify the group as an ‘organised crime’ organisation, our right to pro...
Kevin Blowe |
Democracy
Activism
Politics
Police
| Mon 7 Sep 2020
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