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"What You Can Do" is an independent web site with a wide range of ways you can help combat climate change.

The Green Liberal Democrats seek to promote the cause of environmentalism within and outside the Party. The Liberal Democrats have a proud record of being the greenist major political party: we aim to ensure it stays that way!

Green Lib Dem Conference Programme

Wed 10th Jun 2009

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Green Lib Dems Annual Conference - 27/28 June - Islington Ecology Centre, London N5 1PH

Thu 28th May 2009

Early booking is strongly recommended in order to secure a place.

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Campaign to Protect Rural England on the budget - "green around the edges"

Sun 3rd May 2009

Commenting on the Budget statement by the Chancellor, Ben Stafford, Head of Campaigns at CPRE, said:

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Greenpeace on the budget - "not green"

Sat 2nd May 2009

If climate change is great challenge of our time, as ministers regularly tell us, then why is the new money announced for renewables and energy efficiency only marginally more than the Chancellor found earlier this year for RBS bonuses? And while Mr Darling admittedly has urgent economic issues on his mind, surely he can see that concerted investment in renewable technologies, energy efficiency and green manufacturing are the best way to meet our joint climate and economic crises head-on.

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Friends of the Earth on the budget - "not green"

Fri 1st May 2009

According to Friends of the Earth Alistair Darling has squandered a huge opportunity to create a low-carbon economy and create thousands of green jobs by investing in renewable energy and cutting energy waste on the scale required.

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Sustrans on the budget - "not green"

Thu 30th Apr 2009

A 'green budget' was anticipated this week, but Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, says Budget 2009 was a series of missed opportunities.

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Wind farm to be nuclear site? Just say no!

Wed 29th Apr 2009

A successful wind farm close to the Lake District national park is one of the sites recently approved by the UK government for a new generation of nuclear power plants.

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Quotes of the Week

"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different."

April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election

www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June

"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable."

Labour MP Ian Gibson

Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.