PROTEST: Extinction Rebellion members outside County Hall in Worcester ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners from across Worcestershire have accused the county council of not responding properly to climate change. Members of Extinction Rebellion’s Worcestershire say their concerns have not been fully listened to by councillors, whom they accuse of not taking climate change seriously enough. In total, 17 Worcestershire residents have recently raised questions about climate change and biodiversity loss, and some have contacted Extinction Rebellion as a result of the poor response by the council. Between July 2020 and March 2021, 54 questions were asked via Zoom at council meetings by the 17 Worcestershire residents, some of whom are still awaiting a response from the relevant councillor.
Malvern woman demands answers from County Council over climate change
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Worcestershire woman demands answers from County Council over climate change
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CONCERNS: Members of the county council s cabinet during a meeting on Thursday (January 7). CONCERNS have been raised about the county council s draft budget for failing to mention climate change with questions raised about whether the authority is leaving it out deliberately. Worcestershire County Council presented its draft budget during a meeting on Thursday (January 7) but several concerned residents asked councillors why climate change and carbon emissions had not been covered in its budget for the next year. Retired ecologist Dr Johnny Birks said he was “perplexed and deeply worried” by the emission of climate change in the draft budget and asked the council s cabinet whether it had been left out deliberately.
CLIMATE protestors came to a Worcestershire town this week calling for more to be done in preventing the floods which have devastated it previously. Members of Extinction Rebellion Malvern gathered in Upton Upon Severn on Wednesday to highlight the role of climate change in extreme weather and flooding. Rebels dressed as office workers and sat at a desk took up their position in the shallow parts of the water with signs saying “Climate Change = Increased Flooding Chaos”and “We cannot continue with business as usual.” Retired ecologist Dr Johnny Birks, said: While we have always had flooding in our area, the climate emergency is making the flooding much more frequent and extensive.