May 2012
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Could the Greens become Britain's third political... →
The Green party won third place in the 2012 London mayoral elections, but it now has higher ambitions
Doing better than the hapless Brian Paddick in the recent London mayoral elections isn’t quite storming the Winter Palace, but let’s not be too picky. On 3 May, the Greens got 4.48% of the vote to Paddick and the Lib Dems’ 4.16% – which meant that while Green candidate Jenny...
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April 2012
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The Green Party in Newport
Greens will safeguard the next generation’s rights to a healthy and productive environment by supporting local business and agriculture above big multinational corporations, improving our quality of life by focusing on human values rather than consumerism, and helping to create a unique town centre where all new buildings will be designed with the next generations’ inheritance in mind. We will...
Anonymous asked: What is your stance on Westminster housing targets which force the Welsh Assembly to give the OK to many thousands of new homes in Wales, many on greenfield sites such as Bodelwyddan?
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Why Vote Green?
‘Caring about your future, not just your vote’
Because I believe decisions should be made, closest to the people who are most affected. Because I know that Newport City Council urgently needs new and progressive Green voices. Because I believe that social and economic justice is a precondition for secure and happy communities.
Your vote could make the difference between the beginning of a new...
March 2012
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mrandrewlewis asked: Hi, I'm currently researching to do a vlog on the green ideology for a series of vlogs on political ideologies that i'm doing on youtube and tumblr. I was wondering if you could help me out by telling me some of the main aims in green politics and what you think some of the less obvious pros are to a country being run by a green party would be. It would be of great help and of course I...
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Newport Greens
The Green Party of England and Wales is a growing political movement promoting social and environmental justice through campaigns, direct action and the electoral process.
In Newport we are building an exciting branch of the Green Party. Since the 2010 General Election our membership has grown and there is a call for regular meetings and more action. If you are interested in coming to meetings...
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Incinerator plans to be reviewed →
ANTI-INCINERATOR campaigners in Newport are celebrating after the Welsh Government agreed to review a scheme which proposes burning rubbish as an alternative to landfill.
The National Assembly for Wales’ petitions committee agreed to examine Prosiect Gwyrdd on the request of objectors from all over south east Wales, who handed in a petition at a protest outside the Senedd in Cardiff on Tuesday.
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South Wales Argus - 23 July 2010 - Firm to fight... →
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South Wales Argus - 17 September 2010 - Aid convoy... →
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South Wales Argus - 6 November 2010 - Newport... →
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South Wales Argus - 28 April 2010 - National... →
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Anonymous asked: What is the latest on the fight to save Bethesda Field in Rogerstone?
Is Economic Growth an Illusion?
How much of the economic growth of the past 60 years is an illusion, created by levels of borrowing – financial and ecological – which cannot be sustained?
Our economy and ecological well being are strongly linked. As the economy grows so does the rate of almost everything destructive to the ecology. From deforestation, extraction of resources and the raising of cattle to emissions of carbon...
Alternative Development for Mill Street
Greens in Aberystwyth have been in the forefront of campaigning for an alternative to the County Council’s plan for a new retail development on the Mill Street car park.
Tim Foster, the Green Party Council Candidate for Rheidol Ward said: “The whole process has been very opaque. About four years ago the Cabinet of Ceredigion County Council (CCC) took a decision to encourage development on...
Historic laying of first White Poppy wreath in...
History was made on Rembrance Day in Newport when a White Poppy wreath was laid alongside red poppies at the official British Legion Ceremony.
Wales Green Party Leader, Pippa Bartolotti had initially arranged for the White Poppy wreath to be laid after the ceremony, but when she approached the British Legion they invited her to join the main event. ‘This really is a first’ said Pippa Bartolotti....
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Incineration is No Solution
The Stop Newport Incinerator Campaign (SNIC) has been remarkably successful in getting the Wales Government to think again about incineration as a solution to reducing landfill. The poorly conceived Prosiect Gwyrdd is for the first time being called into question. Incinerators planned to take the waste from 5 local authorities: Newport, Monmouthshire, Caerphilly, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan....
Investment in Jobs Needed to Beat Recession
As the Conservative and Lib Dem Government in Westminster continues its unfair and illogical cuts to public services, Greens are again saying that the only way out of recession is to invest in new jobs to stimulate the economy.
Ironically the ConDem Government’s obsession with the deficit, rather than getting people back to work, will make the problem worse. When you make a public sector worker...
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Battle to Save Access to Morfa Beach
Morfa Beach holds a special place in the hearts of Port Talbot residents. For generations local people have wandered down Longlands Lane to the beach in order to find peace, tranquillity and natural beauty. Anglers have fished from the beach for decades; lovers have strolled its wide expanse; families have picnicked with barbeques or bonfires.
Local Green Party member Antony Thomas describes the...
Swansea’s Vetch Becomes a ‘Beanfield’ Once Again
Since Swansea City FC moved to the Liberty Stadium in 2005, their former home at the Vetch Field has lain empty while Swansea Council seeks a developer for the site. In mid-2011 the old football stadium was demolished and the site landscaped to improve the look of the area.
An exciting new project has now been launched to establish a temporary communal vegetable plot on the site. Called ‘Vetch...
Local Residents Oppose Power Station
Monmouth Town Councillor and Green Party member, Ann Were, has been supporting Wyesham residents in their campaign to prevent a pyrolysis plant from being installed in the old Stelrad building on the Hadnock road. The plant would use waste wood to generate electricity and would require a lorry load of wood to be delivered every fifteen minutes for twelve hours a day.
Pyrolysis is a procedure...
New Leader of Wales Green Party Elected
Wales Green Party has elected Pippa Bartolotti as its new Leader. Pippa is a semi-retired business woman who has lived in Newport for over 28 years where she brought up her three sons.
She is well known in the area for her tireless campaigning on environmental and human rights issues and played a significant role in the success of the campaign against the proposed bio-fuel plant in Newport.
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‘No Fracking Way!’
As conventional sources of gas are dwindling, power companies around the world are turning to Hydraulic Fracturing as a method of extracting gas.
Hydraulic Fracturing, known more commonly as ‘Fracking’, is a process that fractures underground rock strata containing the gas. The process involves triggering explosions within the rock and then using a mixture of a huge amount of water with sand...
February 2012
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South Wales Argus - 26 February 2011 - New deputy... →
Anonymous asked: Further to my question re "Welsh independence" it's clear that you want Wales to have more powers. Just as it is clear that the people of Wales want to have more powers, whilst UK Labour and Tory parties (who are the bosses of their Welsh versions) do not want to devolve more powers as proven by the fact that only 1 out of 34 Labour and Tory MPs for Welsh constituencies voted yes to...
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Redefining Prosperity
50 years of incessant advertising and lies has made us think that prosperity means having more money to buy more ‘things’. Yet each of us knows that beyond a certain level, the ownership of ‘things’ makes us no happier and certainly no healthier. There is a perception that a bigger car or house increases our social status, but that perception is marginal at best. It does not make for a better...
Anonymous asked: What are your views on Welsh Indpendence and have you any published policies on this subject?
Anonymous asked: What are your opinions on Leanne Wood, the possible new leader of Plaid Cymru? She is as green as they come, would the Green Party support her if she is elected leader?
January 2012
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City Spires, or City Ex-Spires?
By Pippa Bartolotti
It’s great news that Newport will be host to a new influx of jobs provided by Admiral Insurance. It is reported that there could be employment for up to 1200 people in the town, and very welcome it is too. That 1200 would provide a real boost to the local economy, and the positive knock on effect to jobs in the town could be 3 times that in terms of goods and services in the...
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A Marriage of Equals →
A Guardian post by Peter Tatchell entitled ‘The ban on same-sex marriage is clearly discriminatory’
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Incineration Policy
by Pippa Bartolotti
It looks as though the Wales Government are letting a software package decide incineration policy. They are not interested in the weight of evidence pointing out that incinerators damage human and environmental health.
The approval of incinerators as an alternative to landfill has depended on the modelling data obtained from WRATE (Waste and Resources Assessment Tool for the...
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Mainstream Media and the 99%
Over the last month now, thousands people have been protesting on the streets of New York against pay inequality and corporate greed, corporate influence over the government (particularly over public services) among other issues, We are the 99% refers to income inequality in the United States between the top 1%, who control about 40% of the wealth, and the rest of the population.
The original...
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Save Bethesda Field
Bethesda Field is a Greenfield site owned by Rogerstone Community Council and designated as “environmental” by the Welsh Inspectorate for the last UDP in 2005. It is home to a host of wildlife and valued by the community for its green open space in an area rapidly being eaten up by housing developments. The community council have refused to hold a public meeting to answer questions...
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Stop Newport Incinerator Campaign
A group of SNIC campaigners travelled to Avonmouth to see a MBT (Mechanical Biological Treatment) plant which is in full operation. It was impressive to see such a safe and intelligent method of waste disposal, and an obvious improvement on incineration, to put it mildly.
The company is called New Earth Solutions, you can google it for more detailed information. NES tendered for Prosiect Gwerdd...
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“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between problems large...”
– Albert Einstein
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Are any of our elected officials truly interested...
It appears that it is now more expedient to exchange silence for a seat at the top table. The trappings of power, the money, the TV interviews and the glory have become the aim. The fight for justice becomes a few forgotten words on the eve of polling day, and in the end we are left with poor leadership, and those who would benefit most from the effective use of power are unceremoniously abandoned...