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The rich should be paying for energy efficiency, not the poor

Jenny Jones25 February 2020No Comment2020-02-25T13:14:12+00:00

It’s time to challenge the political consensus about energy customers paying for all the green measures that are needed to deal with the climate emergency. The big problem with these…

Funding a Green New Deal for Brighton and Hove

Phelim Mac Cafferty 24 February 2020 No Comment2020-02-24T18:36:42+00:00

Image Credit: Creative Commons: Brighton Pavillion This week, Brighton and Hove councillors meet to debate and vote on the city’s budget. Our city faces three challenges in this budget: a…

How can the Green Party build relationships with the farming sector?

Martin Brampton 20 February 2020 2 Comments2020-02-20T23:43:24+00:00

Image credit: David McDermott - Creative Commons Nowadays, not many people in the UK have personal experience of farming. Despite living in a market town in a rural area, I…

Brighton and Hove still has a way to come to being the perfect LGBTIQA+ city

Hannah Clare 19 February 2020 No Comment2020-02-19T20:29:21+00:00

On a Friday afternoon at the end of January, I sat with nine other councillors for Trans Awareness Training. It was delivered by the brilliant The Clare Project, a small…

Strikes: Resource Guide

Bright Green Editors 10 February 2020 No Comment2020-02-10T15:46:26+00:00

Image credit via Nick Youngson, Creative Commons. With the Climate Strikes and UCU action marking the start of 2020, the role of strikes has come to the forefront of conversations…

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BREAKING: Half of all UK universities have now divested from fossil fuels

Chris Jarvis13 January 2020No Comment2020-01-13T00:13:42+00:00

The proportion of UK universities that have cut their ties with the fossil fuel industry has reached 50%. 78 public universities have now committed to divest from fossil fuel companies.…

New UK Climate Strike Dates Announced

Harry Holmes 3 January 2020 1 Comment2020-01-03T15:32:20+00:00

In the last years of the 2010's the UK climate strikes emerged as a significant environmental movement, led by the UK Student Climate Network. In September 2019 the group garnered…

Bright Green 2019 General Election Live Blog

Chris Jarvis 12 December 2019 No Comment2019-12-12T00:47:15+00:00

Four days until polling day – UK Green news round up weeks 48 & 49

Chris Jarvis 8 December 2019 No Comment2019-12-08T21:19:58+00:00

Green Party would invest £12 billion in renewables Image credit: Creative Commons: GPEW The Green Party of England and Wales has this week fleshed out its proposals regarding renewable energy.…

Samsung union-busting confronted by UK-wide student protests

Lora Christy 7 December 2019 No Comment2019-12-07T14:57:22+00:00

Students protest samsung stores The 48 Hours of Action Against Samsung campaign saw nine student groups hold protests in seven cities in England, Scotland and Wales on the 25th and…