Residents who pay for their green bins to be collected by Wiltshire Council will be charged an extra £2 next year, and those who take their stuff to the Household Recycling Centres may be asked to pay for the privilege.
This is just quick post to ask you to respond to a very important consultation called the Minerals and Waste Joint Plan. This document decides North Yorkshire policy on minerals and waste for all sorts of things - including fracking - for the next 15 years. It will only take you five minutes (or longer if you would like to spend more time on it, of course), so please do it today.
The problems of finding a fair and effective climate change deal go far beyond getting a deal that will last delegate's trips home and the next changes of Government.
For the first time in five years, the UNFCCC negotiations that are about to start in Paris will have an EU delegation without a UK Libdem secretary of state at the fore. Chris Huhne and Ed Davey are credited with significant impact in previous meetings, coming from a Green Liberal Democrat tradition of coalition building and intelligent compromise with creative, practical solutions.
The long awaited Paris talks on climate change are finally upon us. This is a chance for the world to come together to address the biggest threat facing humanity and decide on a collective response.
As part of the campaign to revise Liberal Democrat policy in the area of fracking and other unconventional fossil fuel extraction methods, two similar motions were submitted to the Yorkshire and Humber, and West Midlands regional conferences.
Pippa Heylings MP becomes Liberal Democrat Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson with vow to take take green issues to the heart of Westminster
Pippa took part in the Commons debate in Westminster Hall on UK priorities for COP29, the UN climate change conference, on Sep 10th
In one of their first votes in Parliament, the new Liberal Democrat MPs for Cambridgeshire have voted in support of an amendment to the King's Speech which would see action taken on sewage dumping, cost of living and the NHS
Pippa Heylings joined with Cam Valley Forum campaigners on Sunday 19th May for a swim to celebrate Sheep’s Green in Cambridge receiving a Bathing Water Designation
On Wednesday, Conservative MPs including South Cambs MP Anthony Browne voted against a new law which would have seen water companies in court for sewage spills.
The 2024 ENDS Power List for politicians who have championed environmental causes has been published. It is a list of 50 politicians in the country and Pippa is honoured to be part of that list!