My statement on Channel 4's news report last night pic.twitter.com/fODWYgxATU
— Tulip Siddiq (@TulipSiddiq) November 29, 2017
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM BRENT GREEN PARTY - VOTE GREEN IN THE GLA ELECTION
29 Nov 2017
Tulip Siddiq in hot water after Channel 4 News interview
24 Nov 2017
Support the Campaign! Divest Brent Council from Fossil Fuels
Make a contribution to challenging Climate Change and for ethical local Government by singing this petition LINK
Brent Council should divest its pension fund from fossil fuel companies to
protect the people of Brent. So we ask Brent Council to make a public
divestment statement committing the Brent Pension Fund to:
1. Immediately freeze any new investment in the top 200 publicly-traded fossil fuel companies with largest known carbon reserves (oil, coal and gas)
2. Divest from direct ownership and any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds in the top 200 list and shift these funds to lower risk, ethical investments within 5 years
3. Advocate to other pension funds, including the London Pension Fund Authority and Local Government Pension Scheme members to do the same
4. To do the above in a timely manner - by setting up a working group to report back on a strategy to bring about divestment within three months from the submission of this petition
Climate change is the greatest challenge humanity has encountered. The 20 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1981 and 2016 was the hottest ever [1]. Higher average temperatures are directly linked to extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, floods and storms.
Scientists have unanimously concluded that these changes are a consequence of human activity, arising from the burning of fossil fuels [2]. Moreover, this activity has resulted in unprecedented levels of air pollution, now regarded as a major world killer [3].
In a speech at Lloyd’s of London in September 2015, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England said that by the time ‘climate change becomes a defining issue for financial stability, it may already be too late’. Carney warned investors that policies to address climate change ‘would render the vast majority of reserves ‘stranded’ – oil, gas and coal that will be literary unburnable’ [4].
In order to continue developing fossil fuel reserves – particularly in the difficult areas where the remaining reserves are located (including the Arctic, the mouth of the Amazon and tar sands in sensitive areas) the developing companies need investment – divestment is a way of cutting off the funds needed to carry out these damaging activities. It also sends a powerful signal to the companies and others that it is time to move away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy.
References:
[1] http://tinyurl.com/y9tkm4sn
[2] http://tinyurl.com/3e3zv
[3] http://tinyurl.com/pqgdd5q
[4] http://tinyurl.com/ycspl5sg
To: Brent Council
Divest Brent Council from Fossil Fuels
1. Immediately freeze any new investment in the top 200 publicly-traded fossil fuel companies with largest known carbon reserves (oil, coal and gas)
2. Divest from direct ownership and any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds in the top 200 list and shift these funds to lower risk, ethical investments within 5 years
3. Advocate to other pension funds, including the London Pension Fund Authority and Local Government Pension Scheme members to do the same
4. To do the above in a timely manner - by setting up a working group to report back on a strategy to bring about divestment within three months from the submission of this petition
Why is this important?
We believe divestment from fossil fuels to be not only ethically and environmentally correct, but also financially prudent.Climate change is the greatest challenge humanity has encountered. The 20 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1981 and 2016 was the hottest ever [1]. Higher average temperatures are directly linked to extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, floods and storms.
Scientists have unanimously concluded that these changes are a consequence of human activity, arising from the burning of fossil fuels [2]. Moreover, this activity has resulted in unprecedented levels of air pollution, now regarded as a major world killer [3].
In a speech at Lloyd’s of London in September 2015, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England said that by the time ‘climate change becomes a defining issue for financial stability, it may already be too late’. Carney warned investors that policies to address climate change ‘would render the vast majority of reserves ‘stranded’ – oil, gas and coal that will be literary unburnable’ [4].
In order to continue developing fossil fuel reserves – particularly in the difficult areas where the remaining reserves are located (including the Arctic, the mouth of the Amazon and tar sands in sensitive areas) the developing companies need investment – divestment is a way of cutting off the funds needed to carry out these damaging activities. It also sends a powerful signal to the companies and others that it is time to move away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy.
References:
[1] http://tinyurl.com/y9tkm4sn
[2] http://tinyurl.com/3e3zv
[3] http://tinyurl.com/pqgdd5q
[4] http://tinyurl.com/ycspl5sg
Brent Greens set the local agenda
Brent Green Party had a hand in three local stories this week helping set the agenda ahead of the local elections to be held in May 2018:
10 Nov 2017
Jonathan Bartley drag shock!
The police just stopped me protesting outside the fracking site in Ryedale.
They didn't do it nicely. They physically dragged me and several other protesters, pushing us around, and pulling us along the floor.
I knew the police there could be rough, but I didn't know how rough until I experienced it myself.
It shows they are rattled. The government and Third Energy know they've lost the battle of arguments so they're using all they have left: brute force.
It means we can win. They can't drag us all away. They can't ignore all of our voices.
We've got them spooked and now is the time to act. Email Greg Clark today and tell him you won't put up with fracking or his bullying.
Yours,
Jonathan Bartley
Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
4 Nov 2017
Brent Connects Willesden
Date: Thursday 9 November 2017
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Place: The Library at Willesden Green, 95 High Road, London NW10 2SF
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Place: The Library at Willesden Green, 95 High Road, London NW10 2SF
Agenda
London Borough of Culture Bid
As part of the London Mayor’s plans to support the arts in London, Brent will be bidding to be the London Borough of Culture in 2020. Find out more about what this exciting project could mean for your area.
As part of the London Mayor’s plans to support the arts in London, Brent will be bidding to be the London Borough of Culture in 2020. Find out more about what this exciting project could mean for your area.
Town Centre Management
Your chance to meet the new Town Centre Manager and find out more about how they’re working to improve Willesden
Your chance to meet the new Town Centre Manager and find out more about how they’re working to improve Willesden
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
Learn more about the funding resource that helps deliver additional infrastructure support to areas that are being developed.
Learn more about the funding resource that helps deliver additional infrastructure support to areas that are being developed.
Transport for London (TFL)
Local issues and concerns discussion.
Local issues and concerns discussion.
Policing Update
The local PCSO provides an update to policing in the Willesden.
The local PCSO provides an update to policing in the Willesden.
If you are unable to attend, please share your ideas with us by emailing: brent.connects@brent.gov.uk.
During the break, there will be an opportunity to talk to ward councillors, local safer neighbourhood team, guest speakers and council officers.
Alison Teal to STAG. Sheffield Tree Action Groups.
Alison TealtoSTAG. Sheffield Tree Action Groups.
and wasting public money this way. It's a serious abuse of power and there must be many good Labour politicians who are as concerned about what's happened as I am. Bringing law suits against residents and councillors over healthy trees is madness.
GRENFELL: FROM SOCIAL HARM TO SOCIAL MURDER?
GRENFELL: FROM SOCIAL HARM TO SOCIAL MURDER?
Engaged Scholarship on Citizenship & Governance Seminar Series
Wed 15 November 2017
14:00 – 16:00 GMT
Chaired by Dr Thomas McManus, Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London
ArtsOne Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary University of London (building 37 on map )
Speakers:
2 Nov 2017
Brent Greens back Duffy's call for consultation on improving waste services
Brent Green Party has announced that it backs Cllr John Duffy’s call for a public consultation on improving Brent Council’s environmental services.
A spokesperson said:
‘Leaving aside Cllr Duffy’s difficulties with the Labour Group we believe it is in residents’ interests to review environmental services, particularly waste collection and fly-tipping, with a view to improving efficiency and value for money.
'We know from speaking to residents that their daily experience of Brent as a ‘dirty borough’ littered with discarded mattresses, clothing and much else, is demoralising and degrading.
‘Cllr Duffy has expertise in this area that the Council should utilise rather than ignore.’
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