Archive for 2008

Green MEPs Showcase Their Record on Protecting the Rights Of Humans and Animals - online PDF leaflets

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 | Press Release
Caroline Lucas and her fellow MEP Jean Lambert have produced two new publications to outline their work on Animal Protection [...]

Green MEP Says No To Clones As Euro-Parliament Votes Against Cloning Animals For Food

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 | Press Release
3 September 2008 - Responding to a vote today in the European Parliament (1), which saw 622 MEPs calling for [...]

Calling time on ‘two seat’ rule

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 |
With the new parliamentary term in Brussels already in full swing, I was joined yesterday by Swedish Green MEP Carl Schlyter for an action [...]

sleeping rough in Kent

Monday, September 1st, 2008 |
I want to use my blog today to highlight an event taking place in Canterbury on October 17th. Students from [...]

27,000 secret prisoners

Friday, August 29th, 2008 |
I met today with a representative of Reprieve, an organisation carrying out incredibly valuable legal and campaign work connected to [...]

Back to work…

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 |
I managed to escape phone and email for a short time over the summer recess but am now drowning in [...]

Correspondence about International Human Rights Abuses

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 | Correspondence
Letter to the Ministry of Defence about the human rights of Iraqi prisoners 2008 Response Letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office [...]

MEP And MPs Issue Letter To Gold Commander Of Kent Police, As Attacks On Right To Protest Continue At Kingsnorth Climate Camp

Thursday, August 7th, 2008 | Press Release
07 August 2008 - In light of events at this week’s Climate Camp in Kingsnorth, Green MEP for the South [...]

Comment is free - Guardian: Dirty tactics to defend a dirty industry, 05 August 2008

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 | Article
Aggressive policing at this year’s climate camp in Kingsnorth has exposed the UK authorities’ contempt for peaceful protest

More on Kingsnorth Climate Camp

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 |
The straw bale I sat on whilst giving my speech was very comfortable.The audience were friendly,  diverse and keen to [...]

Climate camp

Monday, August 4th, 2008 |
Yesterday and today have been dominated by efforts to place pressure on Medway police to keep a sense of proportion [...]

Bursting at the seams

Friday, August 1st, 2008 |
Despite endless mentions of sustainability, air quality and environmental protection, residents of the South East are far from confident that [...]

Green MEP To Urge Overhaul Of Economic And Environmental Policy At Kingsnorth Climate Camp

Friday, August 1st, 2008 | Press Release
01 August 2008 - South East MEP and Green activist Dr Caroline Lucas will be joining protesters at Climate Camp [...]

Outrage over BAE

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 |
Having just returned from a short family holiday, I was horrified to read today that the House of Lords has rejected an appeal against the Serious Fraud Office [...]

Correspondence about Waste

Monday, July 28th, 2008 | Correspondence
Letter to DEFRA about implementation of the Batteries Directive 2008 Response  Letter to the Commission about the disposal of the contaminated French [...]

Correspondence about the Common Agricultural Policy

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 | Correspondence
Letter to the European Commission about a pan-European response to the bee health crisis 2008 Response Letter to DEFRA about funding for [...]

Correspondence about West Papua

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | Correspondence
Letter to the British Foreign Office ahead of talks with the Indonesian President 2008 Response Letter from the Free West Papua Campaign [...]

Planning Objections - Waste and Energy Facilities

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | Correspondence
Letter to the European Commission about plans to develop a wind farm on the protected Kaliakra peninsual in Bulgaria 2008 Response  Letter [...]

Correspondence about LGBT Rights

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | Correspondence
Letter to the European Commission about violence at PRIDE in Budapest 2008 Letter to the Foreign Office about UK embassy support [...]

Monday, July 21st, 2008 |
Caroline is now on holiday until the end of July.

Newhaven Incinerator

Friday, July 18th, 2008 |
The campaign to stop Veolia Ltd building an incinerator at Newhaven continues and I am still questioning whether the waste [...]

Looking after mum

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 |
The Parliament is closed for summer recess now and I’ll shortly be heading off for a much-desired holiday. In the [...]

More protest over fuel

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 |
I’ve just finished recording a live interview on BBC Radio 4’s PM programme about the postponement of the 2p fuel [...]

Written Questions - Western Sahara

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 | In the Parliament
Fishing Under the Moroccan Fisheries Partnership Agreement 2008 Response Follow up question Fishing In The Western Sahara February 2006 Response Follow up question Response Additional follow [...]

Green Euro-MP Condemns China Vote On Illegal Ivory Trade

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 | Press Release
15 July 2008 - Responding to the news that the UK has today voted in Geneva to allow the People’s [...]

Correspondence about Captive Animals

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 | Correspondence
Letter to the European Commission calling for EU wide legislation banning the keeping of cetaceans in captivity 2008 Response Letter to DEFRA [...]

Green MEP To Slate E.ON ‘Greenwash’ Sponsorship At Guardian Environment Summit

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 | Press Release
15 July 2008 - Green MEP for the South East Dr Caroline Lucas will use her speaking time at tomorrow’s [...]

South East Green MEP In Talks With European Commissioner Over Heathrow And Air Quality

Monday, July 14th, 2008 | Press Release
14 July 2008 - Green MEP for the South East Caroline Lucas has met with the European Commissioner for the [...]

Making our air cleaner

Monday, July 14th, 2008 |
The photos have just come in from a meeting I attended last week with the European Commissioner for the Environment, [...]

Fingerprinting

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 |
Berlusconi’s atrocious and controversial scheme to conduct a census of Italy’s Roma population based on ethnicity has been widely condemned [...]

Plenary for Palestine

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 |
There’s a plenary debate in the Strasbourg Parliament tomorrow, in which I’ll be addressing fellow MEPs on the issue of [...]

Plenary - Aviation and the Environment

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 | Speech
Including aviation in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme 2008 Reducing the Climate Change Impact of Aviation 2006 Reducing the Climate Change Impact [...]

Greenspeak v green action

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 |
I penned a couple of letters to national newspapers earlier today, drawing attention to the link between the widely reported [...]

Written Questions - Animal Diseases

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 | In the Parliament
The use of animal remains in animal feed 2008 Response FMD Compensation 2003 Response

Resolutions - International Human Rights

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 | In the Parliament
The Death Penalty 2008 Forced Marriage  2002 Nepal 2002 The Situation in Burma 2001 The Political Situation in Burma 2001 The Situation of 438 Afghan [...]