Elections News
18 April 2024 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
We're sad that the motion proposed by the Green Party's Cllr Huw Thomas (Bideford East) to change the voting system in English local elections to PR failed at the full council meeting of Torridge District Council in Bideford on 8 April
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21 February 2024 / 8 April 2024 by colinjones
Peter Christie has died aged 73. A prolific author he was Britain’s first Green Party Mayor and the youngest ever Mayor of Bideford. Born in Portsmouth to Roy, a Youth Employment Officer, and Sheila, a College secretary he lived for a time in one of the prefabs hastily erected in that heavily bombed city. His parents later moved […]
5 February 2024 by colinjones
Torridge District Council's admission that it is not going to meet its 2030 target of achieving net zero has alarmed local Green Party councillors and members. The worrying news came in a recent report on the council’s carbon footprint delivered to the authority's Community and Resources (C&R) committee. Green Party councillor Peter Hames, who is […]
18 January 2024 by colinjones
Torridge & West Devon is ranked the worst constituency in England for sewage overflows, based on data from 2022. In the wake of this shocking news, Green Party councillors on Torridge District Council called for South West Water (SWW) to be stripped of its consultee role on planning applications for new housing. Cllr Peter Christie, […]
4 January 2024 / 4 January 2024 by colinjones
It was with great sadness that Torridge Green Party learned of the death late in December of Rosemary Gent, our steering committee member and parish councillor for Littleham and Landcross. Rosemary had a distinguished career in the world of classical music as artistic administrator of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1994-99) before returning to the UK […]
11 September 2023 / 11 September 2023 by colinjones
Responding to the news that the government is scrapping ‘nutrient neutrality’ rules as a way to boost house building, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay has warned it could lead to the ecological collapse of our waterways and has repeated a call to take water back into public ownership. Nutrient neutrality rules were put in place […]
15 July 2023 / 15 July 2023 by colinjones
The poor ecological health of North Devon's rivers and streams was highlighted at the latest full meeting of Torridge District Council. Data from the Environment Agency (EA) reveals that almost 80% of streams and water bodies across the region are classed as not having good ecological status. The EA divides North Devon into three water […]
2 June 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Having written before on the crassness of Mrs.Thatcher for privatising water – creating a monopoly for something vital – I despair at the latest twist in the chaotic story. Not content with charging users in the South West some of the highest bills in the country and siphoning off billions of pounds to shareholders and […]
18 May 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Green Party district councillor Peter Hames has been elected Mayor of Northam! Congratulation Peter.
9 April 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Article from the district council’s councillor’s magazine ‘First’.
10 March 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
In depth report from the North Devon Climate Forum The North Devon and Torridge Climate Forum has been holding quarterly meetings for over four years, working closely with North Devon and Torridge Councils from the beginning. The Forum currently has 585 members on its mailing list. Please click here to read the full report.
19 January 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
the old civic dump on Northam Burrows
7 January 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Having recently asked South West Water for its record of sewage dumps into the Torridge estuary and around the local coastline I was horrified to read that the target date to clean up the nation’s rivers and coasts has been pushed back from 2027 to 2063. The earlier date was set by the EU but […]
2 December 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The latest research on the man-made climate crisis has looked at the effects on the cliffs at Westward Ho! Imperial College, London using some very nifty science is forecasting that the inevitable sea-level rise will see waves hammering against cliff areas not attacked before – with retreat rates up to ten times faster than today. […]
25 November 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The planned Morocco-Alverdiscott electricity link has come a step closer with a presentation about the scheme to Torridge councillors. Basically, a massive solar and wind power generating plant in the Sahara backed up by storage batteries will deliver energy to Britain 20 hours a day and meet 8% of our energy needs. The energy will […]
22 September 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
25th September 2022 from 10am to 4pm Barnstaple Pannier Market The 361 Energy Fair will take place in Barnstaple Pannier Market and will include energy saving advice, installers of renewable and energy saving technologies, electric vehicles and bikes, environmental groups, arts and crafts. The event will be opened by the Mayor of Barnstaple and will […]
9 September 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The Green Party of England and Wales has expressed sincere condolences to the entire Royal Family following the extremely sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Co-leader Adrian Ramsay said: “This is a moment of great sadness for our nation. “The Queen served this country tirelessly over her 70-year reign, bearing witness to the fall […]
29 July 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Whilst Torridge is investing a great deal of hope in the planned new Maritime Centre at Appledore with its connection to the new floating windfarm in the Celtic Sea the various Tory leadership candidates were making worrying noises about abandoning Net Zero targets and thus renewable energy. This could be dangerous as one can only […]
1 July 2022 / 18 April 2024 by North Devon Green Party
Max Callaghan, University of Leeds Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels requires reaching net zero emissions by the middle of this century. This means that, in less than three decades, we need to reverse more than a century of rising emissions and bring annual emissions down to near zero, while balancing out all […]
16 June 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
From the pen of Councillor Peter Christie Several weeks ago I mentioned how Torridge councillor Claire Hodson had put forward a ‘Motion for the Ocean’ which was designed to both clarify the council’s attitude to clean seas and to integrate these views into the new Local Plan. It came up for ratification last week where […]
11 June 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Over the years many letters have appeared in the Journal opposing renewable energy. Ranging in tone from hysterical to the serious they were all written at a time when energy supplies were taken for granted. This, of course, is no longer true and the South West now faces a real crisis in that EDF, the […]
2 June 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
From our concillor, Peter Christie: Everyone I suspect will have their own take on our Prime Minister apologising for ‘Partygate’. Personally I feel it was just an empty gesture and he seems to have got away with lying both to the public and Parliament. Given that our own MP Geoffrey Cox has similarly escaped any […]
News Newsletter
25 May 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The Green Party had excellent results nationally in the local elections held on 5th May, electing a net gain of 75 Green councillors. Many local councils now have a Green Councillor and even one can make a big difference to the issues discussed and acted upon. Think of Caroline in the House of Commons and […]
19 May 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
GREENER LITTLEHAM AND LANDCROSS – A talk by 361 Community Energy Reduce your energy bills Insulate your home Lower your carbon footprint Wednesday, 8 June 2022: 7 – 9pm at Littleham Village Hall, EX39 5HR
