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| Chelmsford Liberal Democrats | 20th August 2008 | <info@chelmsford-libdems.org.uk> |
Greener ChelmsfordProtecting the environment is central to Liberal Democrat policy. Global warming is the greatest challenge to our way of life that we face. We need Governments to lead nationally but there is plenty we can do locally to make a real difference.
If you support these aims, sign our petition on www.greenerchelmsford.org.uk That webpage also brings together in one place ideas to make our town more sustainable and links to other local organisations working to protect Chelmsford's environment. For a wider range of policies to make Chelmsford greener, safer and fairer see: www.cmld.org.uk/pages/Manifesto2007.html 
Greener Chelmsford NewsThu 21 Feb. 2008 - LD Leader Nick Clegg lists his steps to a greener lifestyle. Wed 16th Jul 2008: Lib Dems say NO to incineration and vote against Tory waste strategy. Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council have voted against Tory plans to build enormous waste treatment plants in Essex, including one north of Chelmsford at Rivenhall. The vote was taken after a debate on waste at county hall on 15 July. Mon 30th Jun 2008: Keeping our allotments in use. The allotments in Avon Road, Chelmsford are now all ready for keen, green-fingered residents or just people who want a bit of space in which to grow flowers or vegetables. This follows lobbying by local councillor, Liberal Democrat Simon Jones, after he was contacted by local residents, frustrated with delays at the borough council in the allocation of sites. Mon 9th Jun 2008: Stansted Expansion Plan Attacked. The Conservatives on the Borough Council's Development Policy Committee on Wednesday 21st May, were forced to abandon the published recommendation after Lib Dem Leader Mike Mackrory led the way in voicing the widespread opposition to plans for a second runway at Stansted. The Committee was being asked to respond to the planning application for a second runway at Stansted now in front of Uttlesford District Council. The original recommendation was to object unless road transport links were improved. Sun 8th Jun 2008: Lib Dems dig in for Springwatch. On Saturday, local Liberal Democrats joined a range of BTCV volunteers and residents of the Brownings Avenue / Eastern Crescent area to build garden areas on the field in between. It was all part of the BBC Springwatch project. Local ward councillors Graham Pooley and Jude Deakin, Cllr Alan Arnot (Patching Hall) and Parliamentary Candidate Stephen Robinson took part in the digging and planting process. Mon 26th May 2008: A new report into the green policies of the major parties makes grim reading for David Cameron. His Conservative party was judged to be the worst of the parties on the environment. Mr Brown's Labour Party were shown to have missed their own targets on carbon emissions and green energy. But Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats were the clear green winners in the report. Tue 29th Apr 2008: High Bridge Road should stay, say Lib Dems. Chelmsford Council committed itself last week to knocking down High Bridge Road, from near the Odeon roundabout to Springfield Road. The local Liberal Democrats have condemned this as bad for the environment, a waste of money and sure to make traffic at the Army & Navy much worse. Thu 24th Apr 2008: Rainsford Avenue/Rainsford Road Development. Developers are still pressing for planning permission to knock down the two houses on the corner of Rainsford Avenue. This time they want to replace them with six flats and three town houses. Mon 14th Apr 2008: Chelmsford Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate Stephen Robinson was out on the streets this weekend to highlight his campaign for a fair deal for Chelmsford residents - including keeping the 10p tax rate. The 'fair deal' offered by Stephen and the Liberal Democrats include: abolish Council tax (which has DOUBLED in Essex under the Conservatives in the last ten years), and cut income tax by 4p per £ now - for everyone. Mon 10th Mar 2008: Cllr. Nichols highlights the waste of Easter Egg packaging. Liberal Democrat Councillor Gloria Nichols has been highlighting the wasteful packaging that comes with the Easter Eggs we buy from the high street. Councillor Nichols decided to speak out about this after she found she was unable to buy any Easter Eggs that did not come with excess packaging. Mon 25th Feb 2008: Environment watchdog closes as council "consults" on local pollution. Chelmsford Environment Partnership (CEP) is to close after 10 years but held its last public meeting about the Borough council's "action plan" to reduce pollution around the Army & Navy roundabout. Comments on the action plan have to be in by 29th February. See www.chelmsford.gov.uk/airquality Fri 22nd Feb 2008: Campaign for plastic-bag free Chelmsford launched. Chelmsford Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign for Chelmsford to become plastic bag free. Cllr. Christine Rycroft called on Chelmsford Borough Council to support the campaign at the Council Meeting on Wednesday 20th February. Wed 20th Feb 2008: Lib Dem plan for Borough Council to reduce carbon footprint. Liberal Democrats have called on Chelmsford Borough Council to take real steps to reduce their carbon footprint. In a motion presented to Council on Wednesday 20th February, Cllr. Andrew Sosin called for all new Borough Council buildings to be carbon neutral in terms of how they are built & how energy would be produced and consumed within the buildings. The motion also called for any significant changes to current buildings to aim to substantially reduce the carbon footprint of that building. Fri 23rd Nov 2007: Recycling Yellow Pages and Tetra Paks in Chelmsford. We cannot put Yellow Pages and Tetra Paks out for the weekly recycling in Chelmsford but they can be taken in for recycling at the following locations: Thu 13th Sep 2007: Inquiry set to back council plans for 6000 houses on green fields. The public inquiry that began on Tuesday into Chelmsford council's plans for new houses is set to rubber-stamp the plans, despite the enormous voice of opposition from the voters of Broomfield who massively rejected the plans in Tuesday's by-election. That is the view of parliamentary candidate Stephen Robinson who attended the first two days of the inquiry. He has written up the discussions on his blog: http://snipurl.com/eip_day1 and http://snipurl.com/eip_day2 Fri 31st Aug 2007: Lib Dems oppose town cramming and back north of Boreham for new houses. In the run up to the local plan public inquiry, Chelmsford Liberal Democrats have made clear their opposition to 'town cramming' and 'urban sprawl' in the Borough Council's plans for new houses. They are backing proposals for houses to go on a site north of the A12, north of Boreham and opposing the plans for houses around Broomfield and Springfield. Earlier Stories Complete archive on the official site.
(c) 2008 Chelmsford Liberal Democrats Other LinksLib Dem Film - the environment needs action (Sept.2006). Printed and hosted by Prater Raines Ltd, 82b Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BX.Published and promoted by Chelmsford Liberal Democrats, Ian Gale, 20 Dane Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2SS. The views expressed are those of the party, not of the service provider. |
