With 90 days to election, UK Green Party grows exponentially
Something is happening in the UK.
With 90 days to go before general elections in the United Kingdom, the Green Party of England and Wales' membership numbers have been growing at an unprecedented, exponential pace.
Green Party membership which was at 13,809 at the end of 2013 jumped to 30,809 by the end of 2014, and is now over 50,000 - now believed to have overtaken the Liberal Democrats and the UK Independence Party (UKIP) as the third largest national party by membership in the UK.
Time to start implementing Mount Polley report recommendations
Late last week the independent panel struck to determine the cause of the Mount Polley tailings pond breach released their report. It included a number of recommendations as to how we could modernize our B.C. mining sector. Unfortunately, instead of a collaborative effort to implement the recommendations, MLAs and pundits are trying to score political points off it.
[MEDIA STATEMENT] Mount Polley Report emphasizes need for paradigm shift in managing tailings ponds
January 30, 2015
For Immediate Release
Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Deputy Leader of the B.C. Green Party, and Adam Olsen, Interim Leader of the B.C. Green Party, welcome today’s release of the Report on Mount Polley Tailings Storage Facility Breach and say it raises important questions about how we store tailings waste in British Columbia.