Index of News releases

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15/3/2008	Greens applaud internet bus initiative A significant step in the right direction
21/2/2008	Charlie welcomes support for Railway Path Vote Campaigners win promise of debate
21/2/2008	Fears for South Bristol's Green Spaces Cabinet overrides Green protest, prepares land sales
14/2/2008	City Council to vote on railway path controversy Green brings protest to the council chamber
11/2/2008	Green councillor wants massive expansion of cycling in Bristol We should learn from London's example, says Charlie
28/1/2008	Bus Rapid Transit: the Con in the Consultation Quangos go for Spin on Cyclepath
10/1/2008	How to save Marksbury Road Library Greens offer the answer
10/1/2008	Greens rue Brown Thursday More Nukes, more cars, more flights - a bad day for Bristol
15/12/2007	Councils' 'Waste Maximisation' plans condemned Incineration will make waste targets impossible
12/12/2007	BALI - Which Bristol MPs give a damn? Revealed - only two of Bristol's five MPs think the city's own view is worth listening to
6/12/2007	FIB Dems caught out over Labour's Home Care betrayal Bristol’s Lib Dems have been misrepresenting Labour’s new plans for Home Care in the city
14/10/2007	Let's get the best from Severn tidal energy 'A council vote for blind acceptance of a barrage will be foolish' says Green councillor
29/9/2007	More 'Jam tomorrow' promises for the Severn Beach line Who now trusts BCC and FGW to deliver the second train?
25/9/2007	Severn tidal study ill-informed and ill-timed a study into a Severn Barrage has been condemned by Bristol's Green Parties
7/9/2007	Life Line charge 'fundamentally wrong' Greens oppose Labour's charging plan
27/8/2007	Tesco's flying vegetables How not to save the Planet
21/8/2007	Another Labour U-turn on renewables targets? Greens appalled at government plan
21/8/2007	Green fears proved right as poplars are felled Mismanagement and cover-up
14/8/2007	Councillors break Council's own advice over corn starch bin-liners Greens demand a rethink
7/8/2007	South Bristol Greens rally for threatened trees 30 long-established poplar trees face the chainsaws of the council that put protection orders on them!
27/5/2007	Bristol MP's "illiberal" opinion of students The Green Party in Bristol has condemned a local MP's call to limit the number of students in residential areas
20/5/2007	Cllr Bolton offers Green solution for Council in crisis A way out of the leadership stalemate
5/5/2007	New Green votes - but no new Green councillors Southville and Ashley now on a political knife-edge
28/4/2007	Labour sinks to new low in Southville campaign Honesty abandoned in desperate attempt to hold seat
24/4/2007	Councillors parking perks challenged Greens' election proposals could put councillors on the bus!
21/3/2007	Brown's Budget: Complacent in a moment of Crisis Charlie Bolton, from Bristol Green Party, today responded to Brown's budget, deeming it a failure to tackle climate change
20/3/2007	Greens Count Council's Carbon Costs As the Green Party launches the country's first 'carbon costed' national budget, the Bristol Greens have shown how the city council increases emissions by closing swimming pools
5/3/2007	Don't Flatten Wedlocks Southville's Green Councillor Charlie Bolton is adding his weight to the campaign to save Wedlocks from the bulldozers
5/3/2007	Bid to clean up Knowle Eyesore A Knowle resident and Green party activist is helping put the pressure on developers to clean up a notorious eyesore on Wells Road.
2/3/2007	Government watchdog slams Bristol airport expansion The Environment Agency has confirmed the view of the Green party and others that expansion at Lulsgate will undermine all other efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the region.
1/3/2007	Tory/LibDem deal wrecks Green Budget Initiatives How the Tories and LibDems wrecked Charlie Bolton's bids to promote home insulation and to support providers of local food in Bristol.
28/2/2007	Home Care - Bristol fails its residents and workers Bristol's plans to privatise its Home Care Service will sacrifice the best interests of staff and those they care for
16/2/2007	Budget Bid to Promote Local Food A budget amendment proposed by Green Party Cllr Charlie Bolton could lead to a festival celebrating foods local to Bristol
16/2/2007	Join the Trident Protests Greens in Bristol are opposing the replacement of Britain's costly and dangerous Trident nuclear weapons system
13/2/2007	Green Councillor's efforts to make Southville roads safer The follow-up to Charlie Bolton's petition
13/2/2007	Bird Flu - Stop this deadly food swap BRITAIN must halt all imports and exports of poultry products, live birds and hatching eggs to prevent the risk of further outbreaks of bird 'flu.
30/1/2007	Bowel Cancer, Healthy living - and Loud Ties! Greens sporting the loudest ties they can find have been fundraising for the 'Beating Bowel Cancer' charity
26/1/2007	Delight at Rail subsidy U-turn The Greens have welcomed a U-turn by Bristol's ruling LibDem group that should bring about improved services on the Severn Beach branch line.
18/1/2007	Southville looks to Cuba for a lesson in sustainability A prominent Cuban expert on sustainable agriculture is our guest at a public meeting in Southville.
10/1/2007	Greens challenge Oasis Academy's takeover bid Controversial proposals to scrap a newly refurbished primary school will help Hengrove's 'Oasis' Academy expand into the primary education sector.