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Chris Rigby in i newspaper: ‘This is unacceptable. Wytch Farm has been an accident waiting to happen for years’

28 March 2023 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

BCP Green Councillor Chris Rigby has been quoted in the i newspaper's coverage of the Poole Harbour oil spill: "Local councillor Chris Rigby told i: 'This is unacceptable. Wytch Farm has been an accident waiting to happen for years.' Mr Rigby, who represents the Green Party on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council, added that the plant was meant to be shut in 2016, but Perenco had gained an extension until 2037."

Poole Quay oil spill protest

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‘Some things are bigger than politics’: Greens join other Unity Alliance figures at well-attended oil spill protest

27 March 2023 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Green Councillor Chris Rigby writes: “When I say some things are bigger than politics, an oil spill in Poole Harbour is one of them. “Today councillors from the Green Party, Liberal Democrats, Labour and Poole People were all present at the demonstration on Poole Quay expressing our dissatisfaction with Perenco and Wytch Farm – along with […]

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‘A devastating impact on our local environment’: Response to Poole Harbour oil spill

27 March 2023 / 5 November 2024 by chrishenderson

BCP Green Party notes with sadness and anger the oil spill which took place in Poole Harbour on Sunday 26 March 2023. A major incident has been declared, and the spill will have a devastating impact on our local environment as well as those who live near and work on the harbour.

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BCP Council votes to stop investing pensions in risky fossil fuels

23 March 2023 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

BCP Council has voted to stop investing pensions in risky fossil fuels. £41m of taxpayer-underwritten investments are now closer to being switched away. A motion was successfully proposed by Councillor Felicity Rice, and seconded by Green Councillor Chris Rigby.

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Chris Rigby helps get unanimous BCP Council support for tough climate stance with Barclays Bank

4 October 2022 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

BCP councillors have unanimously passed a motion, co-sponsored by Green Councillor Chris Rigby, to call on the Council's banking provider Barclays Bank to work to protect residents of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, by adopting climate policies that are recognised to be in keeping with the Paris Agreement.

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Simon Bull in Echo again championing local offshore wind – but local Conservatives still say no

2 February 2022 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Simon Bull, Green Party Councillor for Winton East on BCP Council, has again been quoted in the Bournemouth Echo, again championing an offshore wind farm for Dorset.

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BCP Greens attend Global Day for Climate Justice Marches for COP in Bournemouth and Glasgow

9 November 2021 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

An estimated 200 people attended the Global Day for Climate Justice event in Bournemouth on Saturday 6th November. BCP Green Councillor Simon Bull was one of those giving speeches in Bournemouth, with a BCP Green Party bloc represented at the march and rally. Martine Smid-Weevers, BCPGP’s Membership Secretary (pictured, second from right), said: “Great turn out for […]

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BCP Council to switch to 100% renewable electricity

28 September 2019 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) Council has announced that all council buildings across the conurbation will be powered by 100% renewable electricity with effect from 1 October. A council statement said: "In response to the Climate Emergency declared in the summer, BCP Council has taken steps to ensure its own electricity use comes from 100% renewable sources as soon as possible."

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Green Councillors submit Climate & Ecological Emergency motion to first meeting of the new BCP Council

19 May 2019 / 23 September 2024 by chrishenderson

Bournemouth’s Green Councillors Simon Bull and Chris Rigby have fulfilled their pledge to submit a motion to the first meeting of the new BCP Council proposing a local declaration of climate and ecological emergency. 59 councils in the UK have already made a declaration.