South East Green Awarded ‘MEP Of The Year’ For Trade
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 | Press Release
14 October 2008 - The South East’s Green Euro-MP Dr Caroline Lucas has been awarded a top accolade for her [...]
Archive for 2008
Green MEP To Urge Climate Action In Parliament Square As Activists ‘Rush’ On Suffragette Anniversary
Monday, October 13th, 2008 | Press Release
13 October 2008 - "Economic collapse is painful, but environmental collapse is utterly unbearable", Green MEP for the South East [...]
Stansted expansion - Comment from Green MEP Caroline Lucas
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | Press Release
09 October 2008 - Commenting on the news that Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon is supporting expansion plans at Stansted Airport, [...]
‘Right Diagnosis, But No Remedy’, Says Green Euro-MP As Parliament Caves In To Agro-Industry Lobby On Common Agriculture Policy ‘Health Check’
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 | Press Release
8 October 2008 - Commenting on yesterday’s agriculture committee vote on the so-called "health check" of the EU’s controversial Common [...]
South East Euro-MP Gives Poor Diagnosis For NHS In Green Consultation
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 | Press Release
08 October 2008 - Green MEP for the South East, Caroline Lucas, today called for a radical transformation of the [...]
Environment Committee Votes For Viable ETS As Industry Fails To Dictate Terms
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 | Press Release
7 October 2008 - Following this morning’s vote (1) on the emissions trading system (ETS) in the European Parliament’s environment [...]
Green Leader Welcomes Overwhelming Support From Fellow Euro-MPs For Strong EU Rules on Emissions Reduction
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 | Press Release
07 October 2008 - The European Parliament environment committee today voted by near unanimity (1) in favour of a report [...]
Strife in the Sahara
Monday, October 6th, 2008 |
Amidst the chaos in Brussels today ahead of a key vote tomorrow on climate change legislation (more on this as it happens!), [...]
Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing? South East Green MEP Urges Caution Over Steel Interests of Euro-Parliament Rapporteur Ahead of Climate Change Vote
Monday, October 6th, 2008 | Press Release
06 October 2008 - Commenting the day before the European Parliament’s Environment Committee takes a crucial vote on the emissions [...]
Correspondence about Western Sahara
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 | Correspondence
The EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement allows Morocco to benefit from catches that come from Western Saharan waters. The UN classifies [...]
Watching the US
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 |
As the deal to secure a 700 billion dollar bail out of the US banks collapsed in disarray, I am [...]
Plenary in Brussels
Friday, September 26th, 2008 |
The end of another plenary week, held once again in Brussels because the structural damage to the Parliament building in [...]
Written Declaration - Civil Partnerships
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 | In the Parliament
Caroline has campaigned for mutual recognition of same sex civil partnerships across the EU and this written declaration called on [...]
Is this the end of capitalism?
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 |
Following on from my contribution to a piece in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper about the end of capitalism, I have been [...]
Green Euro-MP Warns Illegal Logging Could Flourish After Commission Delay
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 | Press Release
17 September 2008 - Green Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has commented on today’s decision by the European Commission to further delay [...]
Euro-Commission Decision ‘Will Block Better Animal Protection Standards’, Warns Green MEP
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 | Press Release
17 September 2008 - Reacting to the Commission’s decision to postpone revision of its 20-year-old legislation on the use of [...]
Climate change - time to lead in Europe
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 |
In Brussels yesterday, I caught up with a campaign that’s just been launched by Climate Action Network, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and [...]
‘Sustainable Communities Need More Than Just Bricks And Mortar’ - Green Leader & MEP At Stephen Lawrence Memorial Lecture
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | Press Release
11 September 2008 - Participation, co-operation and community ownership are the solutions to creating sustainable urban environments, Green Party leader [...]
A greener future in sight
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 |
It’s been an incredibly busy week since my last blog, what with the Green Party conference in London and various bits and pieces keeping [...]
UK Still ‘The Dirty Man Of Europe” - Vote On Dichloromethane
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 | Press Release
09 September 2008 - Green MEP Caroline Lucas has condemned the UK Government for lobbying in favour of the illegal [...]
Plenary - Trade in Services
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 | Speech
Trade in Services 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 [...]
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 [...]
