Let’s work together for better air quality in the Dover District 28th January 2018 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team In November 2017, our Dover and Deal Green Party campaigners put up air quality monitors outside four primary schools in Deal and five primary schools in Dover. Then they took the nitrogen dioxide results to the professionals at Dover District Council (DDC). “We are very aware that deaths attributable to air pollution in the UK, […] Read more »
What does Brexit mean for live animal exports? 28th January 2018 by Editorial Team Written by Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP, Autumn 2017 Live exports are barbaric; treating beautiful and sentient animals as ‘goods’ no different from a bottle of whiskey or bar of chocolate. Greens want to see it banned outright. “Animals exported live for slaughter and breeding often travel great distances, for days at a time, in […] Read more »
Join us and stand against Live Animal Transport 28th January 2018 by Editorial Team There is a EU-wide campaign of the Euro Group for Animals on www.stopthetrucks.eu. The petition already has over 1 million signatures across Europe, and is officially supported by Austria, Denmark, German and the Netherlands. Sign the UK petition now: the UK government will debate it on 28 February 2018. Recent campaigning by Greens on this issue our […] Read more »
Let’s work together on Clean Air 28th January 2018 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team Four sites in Dover scored 8 out of 10 for bad air quality in a BBC pollution warning last July. To help improve the situation, can you help us raise £200 to pay for 10 NO2 air monitors for Dover and Deal, and some particulate matter ones? We spoke to Dover District Council back in […] Read more »