Natalie Bennett: The Queen’s Speech was devoid of ideas on both the economy and environment
The emptiness of the government’s “programme”, a grab bag of philosophically incoherent and half-baked ideas, has been widely noted.
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Tory tug of war over Net Zero as Net Zero Scrutiny Group ‘grows in number’
Tory pressure groups in parliament who support and oppose the government’s Net Zero targets are both increasing their support.
To combat the threats posed by land contamination to building safety we need Zane’s Law
‘The initial draft of Zane’s Law is simple. It demands that local authorities assess the risk posed by land contamination to building safety.’
The government’s plan to ban single-use plastics is too little too late
‘Over the last 20 years we’ve produced more plastic than in the whole of the last century.’
Baroness Jones: The government has legitimised the sewage discharges that will be happening from now on
‘They had the chance to deal with the pollution of our chalk streams, rivers and sea, and refused.’
Jenny Jones: Sewage and the Conservatives’ lack of clear blue water
Daily maps of the sewage dumping, along with graphic pictures of murky coastal waters have illustrated the scale of it (400,000 incidents in the last year alone).
New Green Party leaders of England and Wales elected
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay are now the joint leaders of the Green Party
SNP Conference votes for National Energy Company ditched by Scottish Government
SNP members have defied their own government by voting for a National Energy Company (NEC) ditched by party leaders just days ago.
Natalie Bennett: Why did the Daily Mail focus its front page on disposable nappies?
Natalie Bennett unpacks why yesterday’s Daily Mail front page wasn’t about Afghanistan or the Covid crisis
Natalie Bennett: The treatment of our planet is criminal. That crime needs to be named
It’s time for make ‘ecocide’ a crime in the UK, writes the Green peer.