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NEWS

Here is a flavour of this months news plus below some interesting events planned and what's in the blogs this month - for the full stories, reports and background go to our website:

CLIMATE CHANGE BILL "DANGEROUSLY UNAMBITIOUS": Stroud Greens were highly critical of the Government's Queens Speech particularly that it is woefully inadequate to tackle climate change. Greens also criticised the government's proposed climate change bill as 'dangerously unambitious' and questioned whether David Drew 'inhabits the real world' following his criticisms of Martin Whiteside.

A MONSTER INCINERATOR AND GREEN WASTE: Philip Booth's blog carries details of the draft Green party policy on waste and Green party members have been working to try and get this view heard by the County Council. Cllr Sarah Lunnon is due to talk on Severn Sound tomorrow on this issue.

GREEN DELIGHT AT TRAIN OPERATORS MOVE TO HELP VILLAGES: First Great Western have responded to calls by Philip Booth for fare cuts to encourage more people onto trains.

GOVERNMENT CUTS ENVIRONMENT SPENDING: Greens criticised planned Government cuts in DEFRA spending of £300 million that will hit coastal and river flood protection, climate change, canals, animal health - and will bear heavily upon rural counties like Gloucestershire

GREEN MAYOR WELCOMES WEST PAPUA LEADER TO STROUD: Benny Wenda spoke at an Amnesty meeting in town and Greens will fly the West Papua Flag in High Street, Stroud at 11.00am on Saturday 1st December in support of their Independence Day

SUPERMARKETS AND GM: Green letters expressed anger at the Competition Commisions call for more supermarkets and the shocking extent of Government funding of GM.

OTHER ISSUES: Sarah Lunnon on traffic calming in Stroud, John Marjoram with several letters on Hunts Grove and one on white poppies, Philip Booth on Staverton airport again plus fish in Stroudwater and a FoE report lists Gloucester Green party amongst 260 SW groups taking action on climate change dead. A former Forest Green party member has released online a preview of his film 'A Convenient Truth' - a film about the world getting better. Over 30 people joined the October cafe discussion on "How can we best achieve real change: through politics, direct action or pressure group?" while a similar number looked at transport issues in the November discussion.

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PLUS THE BLOGS

Ruscombe Green: http://ruscombegreen.blogspot.com/
with over 50 entries this month - here's a few:
- A draft of Green party waste policy with photos of Marchwood incinerator
- Boycott Texaco and Total for Burma
- Government transport policy based on oil at $35!
- Stroud Farmers Market is best in country and update on Heinz campaign
- Disgraceful treatment to the Chargossian people by the UK
- Secondary double glazing and listed buildings
- Anti-gay equalities Commissioner must step down
- Cashes Green Hospital site latest
- Lots of local Parish news from moves on footpaths, Vicarage trees and the amazing LIDAR airbourne survey, to Tories claiming credit for traffic calming measures put together by Parish and Savannah Miller in Whiteshill
- Latest on Staverton (busiest airfield in country!), Peak Oil, GM, ID cards, latest IPCC report, UK’s first organic carp farm, Uganda, Saudi and Graffiti
- Meetings and debates at Stroud District Council including the Councils expenditure on flooding, Climate Change Panel, Canal regeneration and Stroud's £2m liability,

Read Molly Scott Cato's post on definitions of the free market, Northern Rock and the Governments £40 billion support for it (equivalent to a whole years NHS spending), David Fleming a previous Green Party Economics Speaker and inventor of the Domestic Tradable Quota and Stroud agreeing to future trees being fruit-bearing. At: http://gaianeconomics.blogspot.com/

Read Jonathon Porritt on GM, Greenbelt and the housing debate. At: http://www.jonathonporritt.com/pages/

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QUOTES OF THE MONTH

"We, the generation that faces the next century, can add the solemn injunction 'If we don't do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.'''
Petra Kelly

"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities.  We need men who can dream of things that never were."
JFK

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
Benito Mussolini

"We are not for names, nor men, nor titles of Government, nor are we for this party nor against the other but we are for justice and mercy and truth and peace and true freedom, that these may be exalted in our nation, and that goodness, righteousness, meekness, temperance, peace and unity with God, and with one another, that these things may abound."
Edward Burroughs, 1659 - from 'Quaker Faith and Practice'

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EVENTS:

Saturday 8th Dec: Climate Change action in Stroud High Street to coincide with march. Call John Marjoram on 01453 751189 for details.

Saturday 8th Dec: National Climate Change March – London. Speakers include George Monbiot and Caroline Lucas. A coach will be leaving from Gloucester about 8.00 am , with two pick-up points in Cheltenham and Cirencester and return to Gloucestershire by 7.00 pm: seats will cost £10 per person. Contact cathyclimatechange@yahoo.co.uk
 or cheltenhamfoe@yahoo.co.uk Forest of Dean coach transport contact robinlarkham@hotmail.com; or try:--  info@campaigncc.org,  www.campaigncc.org, 02078 339 311 ; or visitwww.icount.org.uk

No Coffee House Discussion in December

Details of Gloucestershire Green party meetings can be got from John Marjoram on 01453 751189.
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