by Colin Hines | Mar 13, 2020 | General, Step Change
Writing for Brave New Europe, Green New Deal Group member Colin Hines makes the case for medium term efforts to tackle coronavirus to act as a ‘green bridge’ for tackling climate change. One thing rarely mentioned in the wall to wall coverage of the...
by Colin Hines | Jan 18, 2020 | Other coverage
Rebecca Long-Bailey, like all Labour’s leadership candidates, emphasises democratic movement-building as a precursor for change (Giving power to the people is Labour’s path back to power, Journal, 17 January). But this approach will inevitably involve the few but not...
by Colin Hines | Dec 18, 2019 | Other coverage
The environment movement needs to learn two lessons from the UK election result of December 2019. First, that despite all the coverage of climate events and growing public clamour for something drastic to be done about it, 12 December was definitely not a ‘climate...
by Colin Hines | Oct 8, 2019 | General, Media
Support has been surging on both sides of the Atlantic for the idea of a Green New Deal. Time to turn it into action, and jobs, on the ground. The huge increase in support for a Green New Deal in Europe and the United States has led many groups, old and new,...
by Colin Hines | Jul 19, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Writing for Brave New Europe Colin Hines explores ideas for kick-starting a Green New Deal where it is needed most. When it became evident that Brexit day would be shifted from April Fools Day to Halloween, the Brexit fog lifted just long enough to allow David...