No-one could have missed the recent increase in media coverage of Climate Change and Global Warming. The Green Party is the only political party that has been thinking of solutions for these problems for any real length of time. For decades we have been warning of the consequences of the consumerist free-trade society that we have today.
Could anyone over the age of 40 believe, if they had been told when they were children, just how many different things, from so many different, and far off countries, can be bought today.
There is another problem that you may not have heard about that is equally, if not more, damaging to the way we live. That is Peak Oil. Peak oil is the point where oil supply can no longer meet demand, and never will again. Some believe we have reached it already, others think it is less than 7 years away. If you think it ridiculous then bear this in mind: The USA passed peak oil, internally, in 1974 and has been a net importer, growing every year, ever since.
So, things need to change. The Green Party wants to bring about changes that produce a sustainable quality of life for us all.
One way to achieve that locally is for Medway Council to opt in to the Sustainable Communities Act
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30th Jan 2010 A student guide to animal experimentation The Green Party is opposed, on scientific and ethical grounds, to the harmful use of animals in research and for medical purposes and would ban all research and medical practice which harms animals, including harmful procedures used to obtain animal derived materials. The Medway Green Party therefore welcomes a student guide to animal experimentation - 'What is wrong with animal experiments? A guide for students' - launched recently by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV). |
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26th Jan 2010 Save the trees at the paddock At least 18 trees are under threat in Chatham because of the new dynamic bus station. If you care about these trees please act quickly. Send a letter of objection to Amanda Hutchinson, Planning Dept., Medway council, Gun wharf, Dock rd, Chatham, ME4 4TR. Quoting planning reference No.MC/09/2545 There is a planning meeting on Wednesday 27th January at 7pm. |
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8th Nov 2009 E.oN Gone E.oN have announced that they will not be going forward with their plans to build a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth for two to three years. They claim that the economic downturn and reduced demand makes it uneconomic to go ahead. |
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6th Oct 2009 Medway Greens meet Ridge Meadow Campaigners Medway Green Party met for an autumn fund-raising barbecue at the weekend and to meet representatives of the Save Ridge Meadow school campaign. Although the weather was a bit rough for a BBQ it was a perfect setting for the way the Ridge Meadow reps felt. They have battled against the councils intentions of closing their school and have not given up yet. |
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18th Jun 2009 Save the Paddock We totally oppose the destruction of the Paddock in Chatham for the construction of a bus depot. The Horse Chestnut, a British mainstay since the 1500s, is in deep trouble in Britain because of a rise in pests and diseases arriving from Europe in recent years. We could attribute this to warmer summers and particularly warmer winters which may result from climate change due to CO2 emissions. |
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1st Jun 2009 School Closures in Medway Medway Greens oppose the threat to schools in Medway. |
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18th May 2009 Big Green Bus Tours Medway The big green bus came to Medway to highlight the Green Party message. The bus runs on bio-diesel and used vegetable oil and will tour the south east region. Keith Taylor was aboard the bus and took part in some canvassing in Rochester, where we gave away some children's windmills along with loads of information on Green Party policies. |
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28th Apr 2009 Take Down the Mast The Green Party oppose the inappropriate placing of mobile phone masts. We fully support the parent's campaign against the new mobile mast on Railway Street in Gillingham.
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5th Nov 2008 Rochester airport should be a public space Medway council are to review the use, and future, of all the land of Rochester airport. Therefore Medway Green Party are beginning a campaign for the airport to be given back to the people of Medway. |
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28th Oct 2008 - Simon Marchant Rainbow Warrior visits Medway to stop coal The campaign to stop a new coal fired power station being built at Kingsnorth has reached a new peak with the arrival of the Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior. It is a reflection of the global threat that the push for coal represents, that the vessel has come here for the first time in 10 years. |
