The BBC presents “Climate Challenge”, a game where you are president of the European Nations and must tackle climate change AND stay popular enough with the voters to remain in office. Up to the challenge? Earth’s future is in your hands. Play now. Thanks to Al for the tip.
The Green Party of Suffolk County (US) is holding a poster competition to encourage both adults and children alike to show off their artistic talents and demonstrate their commitment to ending the war in Iraq. The competition is entitled “Bring Home Our Troops” and two $100 prizes will be awarded (one for under 18’s and …
It has been announced by the Scottish environment minister, Ross Finnie that every secondary school pupil will have the opportunity to hear Al Gore’s “powerful message” about the dangers of climate change. The screenings of the An Inconvenient Truth in Scottish schools is being sponsored by ScottishPower, and may be the start of a new …
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Environmentalists celebrated today when the government finally committed itself to debating a Climate Change Bill in the next session of parliament. The Big Ask, a campaign by Friends of the Earth to secure the bill, will continue its work to ensure that the legislation set up in debate is strong, and that it will lead …
This press release from the Green Party is a little more than a week old, but I wanted to share it anyway. GREEN PARTY JOINS FORCES WITH GREENPEACE TO LAUNCH LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT We’re taking legal action against the government for deciding to support nuclear power without full public consultation. During the 2006 …
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From The Independent: It is not just the state of California that is bypassing the authority of the US government to take action on global warming. The mayors of more than 300 cities across the country have signed a Climate Protection Agreement in which they have pledged to meet the emissions-cutting timetable laid down by …
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Friends and colleagues of Rebecca Rotzler have set up a ‘Draft Rebecca Rotzler for President’ website. Rebecca is Deputy Mayor of the Village of New Paltz, and is also a Co-Chair of the Green Party of the United States (GP-US) where she has done incredible work as a peace activist, having chaired the GP-US Pax …
Friends of the Earth are asking us to lobby our MPs to support a Climate Change Bill to be included in the 2006 Queen’s Speech as part of The Big Ask campaign. Big Ask. Big Month. Big Lobby runs from 12 September – 11 October. In November, the Government will set out its to-do list …
This is something that has worried me for some time, it does seem that our remaining wildernesses are shrinking. Now a report from the Green Party is confirming my worst fears. Here is what Caroline Lucas’ office is saying: COUNCILS in the South-East are authorizing development on green belt sites in a bid to meet …