News
5 April 2022 / 14 November 2024 by katfoxhall
South Oxfordshire District Council Green Party Group Leader Cllr Robin Bennett has written for Green World magazine about the changes the Green and Lib Dem administration have been making. “Our administration’s approach to bringing services back in house is a clear reversal of our Conservative predecessors’ policy, and has put us in a much stronger […]
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15 March 2022 / 14 November 2024 by katfoxhall
Cllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye and Cllr Robin Bennett at Culham railway station. Greens are calling on OCC to rethink their road-building plans and make better use of the area's existing transport network.
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Nature News
2 February 2022 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
South Oxfordshire District Councillor and Thames River Champion Jo Robb has called for water companies to be held to account and for urgent action to be taken to save our rivers. Cllr Robb was speaking at a recent protest in Port Meadow, Oxford (23 January) against sewage pollution. The event was organised by local campaigners […]
Nature News Reservoir
23 November 2021 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
Local Green campaigners have objected to the latest Thames water proposal for a mega-reservoir outside Abingdon, calling for water companies to first get their house in order by prioritising measures that manage demand, reuse water wherever possible, upgrade and repair existing infrastructure, and prevent wastage through leaks. The response has been submitted at the first […]
Activism Nature News
19 November 2021 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
South and Vale Greens have described a £4 million fine levied against Thames Water as “a drop in the ocean” and called for a wholesale review of our water companies to ensure real investment in infrastructure doesn’t come at the expense of the public. The statement follows news today (Friday) that Thames Water have been […]
Climate Action News
10 October 2021 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
Oxfordshire Pension Fund has committed to shift 15% of its assets – some £470m – into a fund offering rapid decarbonisation and divestment from fossil fuels. The decision, which comes in the same week as Harvard announced it is divesting from fossil fuels, marks a key turning point for the local government pension scheme, which […]
21 September 2021 / 18 November 2024 by katfoxhall
South Oxfordshire's Green Councillors
