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
Green Victory In Euro-Parliament On Illegal Timber Proposals - 4.5.2010
Kent’s Green MEP Takes Fight Against Lydd Airport Expansion To EU Level - 20.4.2010
UK Green Steps Up Fight Against Illegal Logging In Euro-Parliament - 6.4.2010
Worthing’s Green Euro-MP Hails Success Of Titnore Woods Campaign - 22.3.2010
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
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
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
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
Climate Bill Held Back By ‘Double Blunder’ - 28.10.2008
Correspondence about Water - 11.4.2010
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
Written Questions - The EU’s Environmental Performance - 21.5.2010
Written Questions - Water - 25.3.2010
Written Questions - Bird Protection - 25.9.2009
Written Questions - Energy - 19.2.2009
Written Questions - Mobile Phones And Electromagnetic fields - 9.1.2009
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
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
