Blame The Cows
Cows are getting a really bad press again. Dramatic rises in levels of methane gas have put ‘farting cow stories’ back in the news. Methane is a big problem in terms of climate change. It’s 84 times more potent than…
RISING TIDE – Youth Climate Protest in Hastings
By Mima Bone “What does democracy look like? This is what democracy looks like!” So went one of the vocal and impassioned chants at Hastings’ second Youth Strike for Climate last Friday, 15th March. Around 180 people gathered in the…
If The Climate Can Change, So Should Our Attitudes!
By Safiya Young Last Friday 15th February, children in over 60 UK towns and cities took to the streets to call for climate action. And this national demonstration is only a warm-up for an international protest against climate change to…
‘No Smoke’ Makes A Perfect Fire
How to reduce air pollution and save money by keeping your stove-handling skills bright and shiny Though wood and coal are time-honoured materials for fires, they can still cause pollution by creating small particles in the air, but this can…
The Green Transformation
By Josie Demuth The Labour Party is driving forward a set of environmental policies that link social issues like housing, jobs and transport into a large array of progressive green ; If this sounds a little familiar, that’s because these…
Carbon Neutral By 2030?
Only if the Government allows, say Labour In response to the threat of climate change, Hastings Borough Council passed unanimously a motion brought by leader Peter Chowney last Wednesday that aims to make the town carbon neutral by 2030. The…
Local Greens Seek Climate Emergency Action
Over 750 businesses and individuals in Hastings and Rye have signed up to the contents of a letter circulated by the constituency Green Party calling for Hastings Borough Council (HBC) to declare a Climate Emergency and begin “meaningful action” to…
What’s Red, Green and Hairy?
Peter Chowney Climate Change is the most serious issue facing humankind. This was endorsed in a recent report by the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change which said that we have 12 years to stop climate change. But it’s…
Residents Deliver “wake-up-call” UN Climate Report to Council
Members of local campaign group Divest East Sussex recently delivered the latest UN report on climate change to a meeting of East Sussex County Council (ESCC) and urged the ESCC pension fund to ditch its investments in fossil fuels (oil,…