Caroline Lucas has challenged policymakers to put environmental sustainability at the heart of legislation. Promoting human health and well-being alongside that of the world’s ecosystems is central to her work as an MEP, which has included tackling climate change, reducing exposure to toxic chemicals and presing for a zero waste strategy.
You can read about all aspects of her work below, including press releases, speeches and correspondence.
Image: Caroline protesting about climate change 2005
Press Releases
Opposition Parties Challenged By Southampton’s Green Euro-MP On Water Fluoridation Plan
- 10.3.2010
Green MEPs Call Time On Euro-Commission’s Poor ‘2020’ Vision
- 3.3.2010
EU Governments Cut Tough Measures Out Of Illegal Timber Legislation
- 1.3.2010
Gatwick’s Green Euro-MP Welcomes Decision To Rule Out Second Runway
- 10.2.2010
Copenhagen: “World Leaders Have Failed Us”, Says Lucas
- 19.12.2009
Crunch Time In Copenhagen As EU Leaders Contemplate Sell-out - Comment from Caroline Lucas MEP
- 16.12.2009
EU Agriculture Ministers Cut Out Tough Measures Backed By EU Parliament On Illegal Logging
- 16.12.2009
Caroline Lucas To Speak Out Against Climate Chaos At London Rally
- 4.12.2009
Euro-MPs Unite In Call For EU To Raise Its Game Ahead Of Copenhagen
- 25.11.2009
Caroline’s eco heroes and villains - New Statesman feature now online
- 19.11.2009
Controversial Trump Golf Course May Breach EU Law, Warns Green MEP
- 26.10.2009
Euro-MPs Send Strong Message To EU Leaders Ahead Of UN Climate Negotiations
- 20.10.2009
Green Euro-MP Welcomes Heathrow Runway Decision
- 12.10.2009
Kent’s Green Euro-MP Hails Kingsnorth Decision ‘A Triumph’
- 8.10.2009
Isle Of Wight’s Euro-MP To Visit Vestas ‘Magic Roundabout’ Camp
- 8.10.2009
EU Playing Politics On Climate Finance Could Jeopardise UN Deal, Say Greens
- 10.9.2009
Green Euro-MP To Join ‘Climate Rush’ At Bucks Eco School
- 8.9.2009
Isle Of Wight’s Green Euro-MP In Support Of Vestas Plant Occupation
- 21.7.2009
Leading Green To Call For Urgent Planning Reform To Spark UK Renewable Energy Revolution
- 8.7.2009
South East Euro-MP Challenges Health Secretary’s ‘Vested Interests’ In Southampton’s Water Fluoridation Scheme
- 24.6.2009
Green Euro-MP Scoops ‘Ethical Politician Of The Year’ Award
- 3.6.2009
Green Euro-MP: “Governments must not commit Europe to failed industrial policy”
- 27.5.2009
Green Euro-MP For Milton Keynes To Talk Green Jobs And Sustainable Living In Wolverton
- 11.5.2009
Green Anger As ‘Shambolic And Incoherent Government Policy’ Spells Closure For England’s Only Wind Turbine Factory
- 29.4.2009
Euro-Parliament Backs Green Calls For Action On ‘Unchecked’ Nanomaterials
- 24.4.2009
UK ‘Failing Miserably’ To Clean Up Act On Air Quality Targets, Says Green Euro-MP
- 24.4.2009
Green Success In EU Fight Against Illegal Deforestation As Parliament Backs Lucas Report
- 22.4.2009
South East Green Euro-MP Welcomes ‘Long Overdue’ National Park Status For South Downs
- 31.3.2009
Lucas: ‘A Fine Speech But Gordon Brown Is Still In Denial’
- 24.3.2009
Legislation On Cosmetics Set To Get Tougher As Greens Secure Safeguards Against Nanomaterials
- 24.3.2009
Green MEP ‘Disappointed’ By Euro-Parliament Vote To ‘Let Polluting Industries Off The Hook’ On Air Quality
- 10.3.2009
Isle Of Wight’s Green MEP In Ryde To Raise Awareness Of Link Between Women’s Health And Environment
- 5.3.2009
Water Fluoridation Scheme To Set ‘Worrying Precedent’, Says Southampton’s Green MEP
- 27.2.2009
Hampshire’s Green Euro-MP Calls For Urgent Measures To Prevent More “Toxic TV” Waste Abuses
- 19.2.2009
Oxford’s MEP Joins Students To Present University’s Vice-Chancellor With Giant Heart Urging Him To ‘Go Green’
- 17.2.2009
Green Euro-MP Celebrates Parliament Support For Illegal Timber Proposals To Fight Deforestation
- 17.2.2009
Euro Commission Launches Legal Case Against UK For Breach Of EU Air Quality Law
- 29.1.2009
UK Euro-MP Blasts ‘Blind Spots’ In Commission Proposals For International Climate Talks
- 28.1.2009
Heathrow Decision Is ‘Breach of EU Law’, Says South East Euro-MP & Green Leader
- 15.1.2009
Lucas: “An Inch Of Progress On Climate Policy…But We Needed A Mile”
- 17.12.2008
Climate Policy In Meltdown As EU Leaders Consider Tearing Climate Laws To Shreds
- 11.12.2008
UK Green MEP - Emissions Trading Scheme Turning Into “Giant Subsidy Machine For Polluters
- 5.12.2008
Green MEP To March On Parliament For Urgent Action To Protect Environment - And Reshape UK Economy
- 3.12.2008
Susutainable Communities Best For People And Planet, Says South East MEP At ‘Eco Action’ Launch
- 7.11.2008
Green MEP Welcomes Step Forward For Human Health As EU Environment Committee Votes For Better Protection From Pesticides
- 5.11.2008
Climate Bill Held Back By ‘Double Blunder’
- 28.10.2008
Tackling Climate Change Is Route To Creating Jobs, Not Destroying Them
- 15.10.2008
Green MEP To Urge Climate Action In Parliament Square As Activists ‘Rush’ On Suffragette Anniversary
- 13.10.2008
South East Euro-MP Gives Poor Diagnosis For NHS In Green Consultation
- 8.10.2008
Environment Committee Votes For Viable ETS As Industry Fails To Dictate Terms
- 7.10.2008
Green Leader Welcomes Overwhelming Support From Fellow Euro-MPs For Strong EU Rules on Emissions Reduction
- 7.10.2008
Letters and Replies
Correspondence about Energy
- 9.2.2010
Correspondence about Waste
- 11.1.2010
Correspondence about Health Food Supplements
- 3.12.2009
Correspondence about Environmental Protection
- 23.11.2009
Correspondence about Healthcare
- 24.3.2009
Planning Objections - Waste and Energy Facilities
- 4.3.2009
Correspondence about Chemicals
- 26.11.2008
In the Parliament
Written Questions - The EU’s Environmental Performance
- 12.11.2009
Written Questions - Bird Protection
- 25.9.2009
Written Questions - Energy
- 19.2.2009
Written Questions - Mobile Phones And Electromagnetic fields
- 9.1.2009
Articles
Comment is Free - Guardian: Vestas is too vital to lose
- 25.7.2009
Comment is free - Guardian: Swine flu: is intensive pig farming to blame? 28 April 2009
- 28.4.2009
Speeches
Plenary - Climate Change
- 24.11.2009
Friends of the Earth - Food Chain Speaker Tour
- 9.10.2009
Resurgence - Resilience and Climate Change
- 3.10.2009
Conflicting Environmental ‘Goods’ - Campaign to Protect Rural England Annual Lecture
- 9.7.2009