Local group campaigns in support of Climate Bill
The Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill, which is due to have its second reading in Parliament on 29th October, has been drafted by scientists, legal experts, ecological economists and environmentalists and tabled by Green party MP for Brighton Pavilion,…
Fudging the Climate Issues
Well-established climate change campaigners Divest East Sussex (DES) designed a symbolic artefact this week to make a political point to East Sussex County Council (ESCC) – a giant fudge ; The council declared a climate emergency in 2019. But according…
OPINION: We Need This Bill To Pass
By Richard Price Nearly 14,000 scientists recently warned that Earth’s vital signs are rapidly worsening. On 9th August, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a press release to introduce the first instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report. Its…
Climate Campaigners to deliver a Giant ‘Climate Fudge’ Cake to County Hall
County Council accused of declaring climate crisis as an emergency but failing to act on it after two years. Tuesday 12th October, , County Hall: Campaigners from across East Sussex, Brighton and Hove will deliver a giant 'climate fudge' anniversary…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Carbon Choices By Neil Kitching Published by the author, 2020, £ at Bookbusters Review by Tim Barton In a BBC interview last month, Greta Thunberg stated ‘I think that we can safely say that there are no countries at least…
Energy Partner Slams Seachange
Sustainable energy co-op company Energise Sussex Coast, which partners Hastings Borough Council (HBC) in pursuing the latter’s net zero carbon target, has filed a formal letter of objection to the plans lodged by Seachange Sussex for development of a commercial…
The Long Road to Sustainability
On a recent road trip to Scotland, Kent Barker and Susan McFie were on the lookout for a changing environmental landscape and to see if the UK government’s carbon neutral plans could outpace Extinction Rebellion’s worst fears? You don’t have…
Local Plan: Have Your Say
By Chris Lewcock Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has published its Local Plan, potentially setting the course for development of our town over the next 20 years. It sets out proposed policies, a schedule of sites for prospective development, and maps…
Nuclear Power must double to meet ‘net zero’ targets
By Kent Barker The Dungeness nuclear power station was due back online this month (December) after a two-year ‘rest’. In fact the restart has been postponed until at least next February while the company, in its own words ‘remediates’ issues…
Electrifying?
Hastings Borough Council has approved £35,000 to install 15 new electric vehicle charging points by the end of this financial year, part of the climate change action plan to help make Hastings carbon neutral by 2030. Work has already begun…