Wales Green Party/Plaid Werdd Cymru - News (Sumary Feed) http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/ en-gb Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:48:11 GMT240 "Micro-renewables and energy efficiency, not nuclear" (3rd Jun 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/14http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/14 Make micro renewables and improved energy efficiency the corner stone of energy policy in Wales and abandon plans for any new nuclear power stations in Wales.Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2008 Council Candidates (17th Apr 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/12http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/12 A list of our candidates in Wales for the 2008 Council ElectionsThu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Election Broadcast (16th Apr 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/11http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/11 Watch the Green Party broadcast hereWed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Greens Call on Plaid to Come Clean on True Policies and Stop Hiding Behind Green (9th Apr 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/9http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/9 Wales Green Party today call on Plaid Cymru to come clean on their true policies and stop hiding behind 'green wash' with the launch of their local election manifesto. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wales Green Party Condemns Post Office Closures (12th Mar 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/8http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/8 Wales Green Party Principle Speaker Leila Kiersch today condemned the proposed Post Office closures.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Green Budget Response: Darling Bottles it in Budget That's Brown, Not Green (12th Mar 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/7http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/7 Wales Green Party Principle Speaker Leila Kiersch has responded with disappointment to Alistair Darling's first Budget, pointing especially to climb downs on the planned 2p increase in fuel duty and the missed opportunity of a windfall tax on energy company profits to tackle fuel poverty.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Labour/Plaid Cymru Penalising The Poor By Increasing Bus Fares (4th Mar 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/6http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/6 John Matthews, Wales Green Party Deputy Leader, has called on the Labour/Plaid WAG Government to pay the 2p fuel duty rebate to bus companies in Wales before the increase in bus fares starts to turn people away from buses and increases the sense of deprivation for the less well off in society - particularly those living in the rural parts of Wales.Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Greens question Labour's ability to deliver ambitious plans (19th Feb 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/5http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/5 Wales Green Party Principal Speaker Leila Kiersch welcomes Jane Davidson's ambition to develop renewables in Wales but has questioned the ability (given the poor record to date) of the Labour/Plaid government to deliver the change over to a low carbon economy that is needed to combat climate change and reduce Wales' dependency on oil.Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT NEW REPORT IS ANOTHER BLOW TO BIOFUELS INDUSTRY (13th Feb 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/4http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/4 Wales Green Party Principal Speaker Leila Kiersch has welcomed today's report from a coalition of environmental groups highlighting the dangers of palm oil production for the global monoculture biofuel industry. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT WALES GREEN PARTY CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT APPROVAL FOR NUCLEAR POWER (18th Jan 2008)http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/1http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news/1 John Matthews, Wales Green Party Deputy Leader, has condemned New Labour's "love affair with nuclear" as "a dangerous, irresponsible and costly distraction from the real challenge of tackling climate change", on the eve of a Government decision which will spark a new generation of nuclear facilities in the UK.Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT