A letter sent to and published by the Express and Echo newsletter explains why the Green Party is supporting a new cross-party campaign called End the Big Six Energy Fix

Green Party Deputy Leader, Adrian Ramsay, visited St David’s ward of the city in February to launch a campaign pressing for the introduction of weekly food waste collections in Exeter. Adrian Ramsay is from Norwich, a city that has successfully introduced weekly food waste collections.

Campaigners seeking a new and permanent site for St Thomas library will this Wednesday present a 440 strong petition to the Devon County Council cabinet meeting.

A representative of the save St Thomas library Campaign will tonight urge councillors on Exeter City Council’s Planning Committee to turn down an application to convert the former library site into retail and restaurant units.

Green MP Caroline Lucas has been recognised by a prestigious political body
as the MP who has most influenced the political agenda in 2011.

Keith Taylor MEP for the South East will be taking part in an Exeter University Debating Society event today, Friday 14 October 2011, to argue in support of the motion "This house believes that nuclear power is not safe".

A new community campaign to save St Thomas library has been initiated by Exeter Green Party. The campaign calls on Devon County Council to secure a new and permanent high quality library in St Thomas and reject a planning application to turn the existing library into a retail unit.  

Exeter Green Party is calling on Devon County Council to commission a baseline measure of air quality at the site of the proposed energy from waste plant in Marsh Barton. Such a measurement is necessary, say the Green Party, to reassure local residents that the incinerator will not adversely affect air quality in the area.

The Green Party in Exeter is calling on the City Council to implement food waste collections as a way of solving the city’s on-going dispute over bin collections.

Greens across the country are setting into the serious business of dealing with the issues facing local councils after major wins that have strenghthened the Green voice in places from Bristol to Norwich.

The Green Party has made five pledges to Exeter’s voters for this year’s city council elections, which aim to make the city more resilient against the cuts imposed by the coalition government.

With a full slate of candidates in Exeter and opinions polls showing a surge in support across the South West, the Green Party in Exeter is confident of making great progress in the May local elections.

Exeter Green Party has written to all city councillors urging them to block plans to make cuts, which will be discussed at a full council meeting today (Tuesday 22^nd February).

In the wake of an important NHS study, Exeter Green Party is calling for 20mph speed limits to be introduced on all residential streets in Exeter.

Exeter Green Party have denounced plans for a new Park and Ride site outside Alphington saying it would be hugely destructive; be a huge waste of money and would do nothing to address climate change, air pollution or traffic congestion.

As the only main political party backing universal free education, members of Exeter Green Party say they are 100% behind the students occupation at Exeter University.

Green Party welcomes Exeter residents’ reluctance to engage in County Council’s cuts agenda.

Creative revenue raising measures mark the way forward to secure public services and save jobs say Exeter Green Party.

Selling council generated renewable electricity to the grid, implementing a workplace parking levy and higher rates of Council Tax for top band properties will help protect essential services from cuts say Exeter Green Party.

The Green Party is warning that Conservative-Lib Dem cuts to housing benefit could result in increased social problems, greater levels of personal debt and more homelessness.

Exeter Green Party is putting up a candidate in every ward in the forthcoming City Council elections to be held on 9th September, providing the first opportunity in a generation for every elector in Exeter to vote Green.