Category Archives: Climate Change

United Utilities water pollution is a real problem in Liverpool

Posted on October 13, 2022 by richardkemp

Liberal Democrats were delighted that a motion that we moved at Council, and which was referred to the last meeting of the Climate Change Select Committee, was approved unanimously and the series of actions which we had proposed therefore in … Continue reading →

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We call on world leaders to prevent a climate disaster

Posted on October 31, 2021 by richardkemp

This is the Editorial from yesterday’s Independent. It is so good about what needs to be done at COP26 that I have reproduced this in full and happily acknowledge their work. It is with a poignant, symbolic irony that the … Continue reading →

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A ‘forest school’ in every park in Liverpool

Posted on May 18, 2020 by richardkemp

Councillor Liz Makinson, the Liberal Democrats Children’s Services Spokesperson in Liverpool has suggested 6 ways in which schools can respond to a new way following the pandemic. Key amongst these is the provision of a different type of school for … Continue reading →

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Change sterile grass areas into wildflower havens

Posted on October 13, 2019 by richardkemp

My colleague, Cllr Mirna Juarez, has tabled a motion to the first meeting of the Climate Change Select Committee of Liverpool Council asking for a review of all grass verges and spaces between dual carriageways in Liverpool, with a view … Continue reading →

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We must tame the car in Liverpool

Posted on August 27, 2019 by richardkemp

Yesterday (26th August) Liverpool had an appalling level of air pollution and was, indeed, one of the worst cities in the Country, if not the world for the level of particulates and toxins in the air. Remember that this was … Continue reading →

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Grown up politics in Liverpool

Posted on July 10, 2019 by richardkemp

I have mentioned a number of times that there was an agreement that we would have a full council meeting to look solely at climate change and the local, national and global things that need doing to tackle it as … Continue reading →

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Let’s take real steps to deal with climate change and poor air

Posted on March 8, 2019 by richardkemp

No-one in their right mind (so that excludes the President of the USA) should be in doubt whatever of the importance of tackling Climate Change and the increasingly poor quality of the air we breathe. In the medium to long … Continue reading →

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