Green Party councillor Jonathan Elmer explains why he voted to keep the council’s climate emergency pledge.

Just appalled that Reform have cancelled the Durham County Council Climaye Emergency. Don't look up!

BOTTOM TRAWLING IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TO CONTINUE Government has announced that efforts to ban this super destructive method of fishing are "disproportionate." Labour's #WarOnNature continues. theguardian.com/environment/20…

With respect to the candidates, it really doesn't make a difference who the next deputy of the Labour Party is. The party is so fundamentally broken - it seeks only to protect the wealth of it's donors. I spoke to The Independent 👇🏼 youtu.be/sTes4wqlOBQ?si…

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We all need to be having these conversations.

Appalling

LABOUR SAY YES TO NEW OIL AND GAS Days after their announcement of a second runway at Gatwick, Labour signal a pathway to increased oil & gas drilling in the North Sea Their climate credibility is now IN TATTERS politico.eu/article/ed-mil…

“Now it seems a seminal report by the joint intelligence committee on the threats to UK security of the collapse of critically important ecosystems is being swept under the carpet by a government embarrassed by its failure to provide....leadership" theguardian.com/environment/20…

NO. 10 BLOCKS REPORT WARNING OF THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY FROM CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE This is a minefield for Keir as he seeks to avoid exposure for failure by the Greens, and ridicule from Reform. The government is paralysed, and should go. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Labour is eco ignorant. Reeves brags that she got round the rules on protecting a rare snail. "It’s a bad look for a Labour politician, let alone the chancellor, to boast that green rules can be bent for chums." Comment UK Prime Minister Labour Press ?? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/lmvFCp8y0CzM…

PLANET REACHES FIRST CATASTROPHIC TIPPING POINT 🪸Corral reef die back has now reached about 80% across the plannet. 👎No last moment intervention/technofix can save these unique ecosystems. 👍Transition to a regenerative/green economy is needed now. theguardian.com/environment/20…

BBC NEWS Olly the owl blown off course ACTUAL NEWS Rachel Reeves blocks all amendments to the P&I Bill that aim to reduce impact on nature. Labour allow continuation of badger cull, despite clear evidence it is not stopping bovine TB. bornfree.org.uk/news/badger-cu…

The planet has reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point. 160 scientists from 23 countries warn that unless global heating is cut to 1.2°C as fast as possible, warm-water coral reefs will vanish “at any meaningful scale.” The science is clear: We need to act now.

LABOUR STRIP AWAY UK NATURE PROTECTIONS 💰Reeves boasted that she hatched the plan to rip down our nature protections over a “smoked salmon and scrambled eggs breakfast” with corporate lobbyists. 📢Our big NGOs must SHOUT NOW! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

UK NATURE'S RIGHTS BILL LAUNCHED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY The bill reclassifies nature as a SUBJECT of law, with legal personhood. It recognises that neither humans or economies can exist without nature. This profound but positive disruption is needed NOW. theguardian.com/environment/20…

We can’t survive without nature. Proud to stand with Chris Packham and @NatalieBen to launch our Bill giving nature the legal protections it deserves. The The Green Party will keep fighting for nature,  because when we protect nature, we protect everything we depend on.

Chris Packham Natalie Bennett The Green Party This would not have been possible without the stellar work of Mumta Ito  Nature's Rights, Jonathan, Nature Spokesperson, Green Party & all the campaigners who've put so much into developing this.

Extraordinary packed scenes everywhere we're taking the Green Party message. Darlington - another stop on the trip of the North East where we're making hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

✒️ And with the stroke of a pen, Rachel Reeves removes the incentive to switch to electric vehicles. 🙄 Want Green? ✅️ Vote Green theguardian.com/money/2025/nov…