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 […]
Oxfordshire Green campaigners and councillors are calling on the County Council to rethink a major road project around Didcot ahead of a key Cabinet vote on the proposals. The cost of the “Access to Didcot” scheme, has ballooned to £296m, and is currently designed as a road corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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The Green Party has launched a new branch for members in the districts of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse. Robin Bennett, co-Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, and a Green OCC Councillor, says: “In 2019 the first ever Green councillors won seats on South Oxfordshire and Vale of the White Horse District Councils. […]
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