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14 December 2024 / 14 December 2024 by colinjones
Torridge district councillors last week rejected a proposal to increase the amount of plant-based food served by the council at its internal meetings and events
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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
21 February 2024 / 8 April 2024 by colinjones
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18 January 2024 by colinjones
4 January 2024 / 4 January 2024 by colinjones
11 September 2023 / 11 September 2023 by colinjones
15 July 2023 / 15 July 2023 by colinjones
2 June 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
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
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 […]
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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 […]
