Karl Stevens

Proud of Pride’s Green Credentials?

Birmingham Gay Pride 2010 flew off with the usual flurry of sequins and feathers this Bank Holiday weekend with a parade starting at Victoria Square in the City Centre. With a weekend of fun and frolics now over, the Mardi Gras themed on ‘Equality over the Decades’ was enjoyed by an estimated 80,000 people who [...]

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New Metro link to be announced

It is expected today that a government minister will be in Birmingham to announce the extension of the Midland Metro. The plans will see the line extend from Snow Hill Station near the Jewellery Quarter area of the City to the newly rebuilt New Street Station by 2015. The new line and improvements to the [...]

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UN question the future of the climate change movement

The UN Association in the Central Region are holding a conference this weekend to talk about what the future holds for the climate change movement after the failings of the Copenhagen Summit in December last year. Dr Chris Crean, the West Midlands Regional Campaign Coordinator for Friends of the Earth, and author of Green Spirituality Chris [...]

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We need a ‘stronger deal on climate change’ say Lib Dems in Birmingham

The Liberal Democrats have used their Spring Conference today in Birmingham to call for a new international body to coordinate efforts for a ‘stronger deal on climate change’. Issuing a statement, Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Simon Hughes said: ‘There’s no question that Copenhagen was a failure of international leadership. But it [...]

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