Your article in “First look at Nuclear Waste Facility Benefits” reads like a press release from Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) itself. It is hardly surprising that NWS is promoting the economic advantages of a Geological Disposal Facility given the fact that it is the government body charged with developing such a facility. The three Community […]
The new Cumberland Authority has put out its Council Plan for consultation. There is an easy online form to fill in if you have comments (see www.cumberland.gov.uk). It seems to us that there is an overarching policy missing from its vision and its focus, and that is to deliver a low carbon Cumberland by 2030 […]
The government has promised a decision on the Woodhouse colliery on or before 7th July so by the time you read this we may be celebrating its defeat or working out our next steps. Meanwhile just last week the Committee on Climate Change issued its latest report that said while UK targets are fine our […]
Last Thursday the voters of Bothel and Wharrels went to the polls and chose a representative for the new (shadow) Unitary Authority of Cumberland. In a historic move they chose me, their Green Party candidate. Bothel and Wharrels has traditionally been a safe Conservative seat and the result shows two things. The first is that […]
Jilly Perry won the Bothel and Wharrels Cumberland Council seat for the Green Party from the Tories in an historic victory. Jill Perry Green Party 870 Malcolm Grainger Conservative Party 805 Fran Eibeck Independent 374 CONGRATULATIONS JILL ! […]
Your Green Party Candidates Aspatria Alison Parker is a local activist who believes that fossil fuels should stay in the ground, hence she opposes the West Cumbria Mine. She has also been campaigning against the arms trade for two decades. She is a volunteer with the girl guides in Wigton. Bothel and Wharrels Jill Perry […]
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Like me you might have thought Cumbria was famous for clean water and clean air. Well, the air might be clean and fresh, but our rivers are not the pristine environments we could hope for and should expect. River water, untreated sewage and storm overflow made national headlines due to the amazing work of […]
Like everyone else, we have been watching with horror as the war in Ukraine has unfolded with ever more atrocities. The only glimmer of hope comes from the anti-war protests in Russia, and the numbers of young people leaving the country for Finland to distance themselves from the actions of their Government. No hope comes […]
Kate Willshaw, Policy Officer at Friends of the Lake District was the guest speaker at our AGM on January 27th, 2022. The slides are self-explanatory and give a good overview of the process so far and a critique of it. There was a very lively discussion after Kate’s presentation and it was decided that we […]
Although we have finally woken up to the damage to health caused by decades of breathing in emissions from vehicle exhausts, we have yet to see any action on the issues surrounding car congestion and speed. Electric cars will reduce emissions eventually, but they are unaffordable for the majority at present. Furthermore, the demand for lithium and […]
