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26 September 2022 / 4 June 2024 by hannahcorlett
Yorkshire Water is ultimately owned (through a complex series of holding companies) by Kelda Holdings, which is incorporated in Jersey. Kelda is owned by a series of investment and sovereign wealth funds: Most notably, 26% of the company is owned by GIC Special Investments, a sovereign wealth fund owned by the government of Singapore. Profits: […]
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24 September 2022 / 4 June 2024 by hannahcorlett
Get involved to help us keep Rotary Wood safe from Danone Harrogate Spring Water Harrogate Spring Water expansion into public woodland Harrogate Spring Water (est. 2002), owned by multi-national corporation Danone, have reverted to 2017 outline planning to expand their plastic bottle plant and destroy Rotary Wood. 4 acres of deciduous woodland were planted (2005) […]
29 August 2022 / 4 June 2024 by hannahcorlett
Shan Oakes, our Green town councillor in Knaresborough, said the town council was planning to apply for designated bathing status for a stretch of the Nidd.She hoped that it would mean that something had to be done about its poor water quality.Cllr Oakes blamed the government for the current situation: “With the current situation where […]
17 April 2022 / 4 June 2024 by hannahcorlett
Battle for Marston Moor “Marston Moor to be left unrepresented for 12 months.” Green Party Campaigns Co-ordinator Tamsin Worrel said: “This complete affront to local democracy appears to be any excuse for not holding an election and plays right into the hands of the Conservative party. In the complete absence of the Conservatives showing any interest in Marston Moor, Arnold Warneken, the Green Party candidate and close personal friend […]
8 July 2021 / 4 June 2024 by hannahcorlett
In line with national party policy, the Harrogate and District Green Party have initiated discussions with opposition parties with whom we have a shared vision for a fairer society. We want to reshape political debate, to see the bigger picture and to put the community’s future first and have decided not to stand our prospective […]
8 April 2021 / 4 June 2024 by robinburgess2
Arnold Warneken, husband, father and grandfather, has lived and worked in Harrogate for many years. He attended primary and secondary schools in Bilton, and after returning from university in Leeds, he worked supporting Bilton Conservation Trust, securing the future of Nidd Gorge and campaigned for HALT. In 1990 Arnold was elected as the first Green […]
