Burnley Green’s Climate Emergey Motion Passes 10th July 2019 / 10th July 2019 by martynhurt Tonight, signals a new dawn for Burnley Council; a Climate Emergency has been declared. Green Party Councillor Andy Fewings, who proposed the motion, said “Having Greens in the room changes the dynamic of the debate. I am proud to have brought this motion to the council chamber and am delighted that, even though there are […] Read more » Burnley Climate emergency
Green's Hold Pesticede Alternatives Talk 19th June 2019 by martynhurt A packed (standing room only) event this evening in Burnley to discuss the dangers and alternatives to dangerous pesticides and herbicides, in particular Glyphosate. Read more »
Burnley Green Councillors Propose Ban On Glyphosate Use 19th June 2019 / 20th June 2019 by martynhurt A packed (standing room only) event this evening in Burnley to discuss the dangers and alternatives to dangerous pesticides and herbicides, in particular Glyphosate. Read more »
Burnley Town Hall Neglected 17th June 2019 by martynhurt You won’t be surprised to learn that Burnley Town Hall roof was left in a shocking state. Read more »
Burnley's Green Party leader hits out at Labour group on first day of new council regime 3rd June 2019 by martynhurt Read more » facebook
Burnley Greens express disappointment at Labour’s failure to join cooperative alliance to run council 29th May 2019 by martynhurt Cllr Andy Fewings, leader of the Greens on Burnley Council, has expressed disappointment that the Labour Party has declined a proposal for a shared executive of three Labour and three non-Labour councillors. This proposal included a plan to have the four committee chair and vice-chair positions split across the other parties. Greens would not have […] Read more »
Sarah Hall Elected as Burnley's second Green councillor! 3rd May 2019 by martynhurt A huge thank you to everyone who voted for Sarah Hall in yesterday’s local elections in Trinity. Sarah was elected with a huge majority, and will join Andrew Fewings as the second Green Councillor in Burnley.The result in full: Stephanie Forrest (Burnley and Padiham Independent Party) 107, Sarah Hall (Green) 770, Liz Monk (Lab) 209, Michael […] Read more »
