Here are the most effective things you can do to fight climate change 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 […] Read more »
More motion for the Ocean 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 […] Read more »
Energy rationing? 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 […] Read more »
Partygate 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 […] Read more »
Torridge Green News 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 […] Read more »
