Local News
18 November 2024 / 19 November 2024 by Mark Bannister
19th Nov 2024 You may remember from our previous newsletter that we were holding Anglian Water to account for sewage dumping into both Barton Haven and the Humber outfall with no plans to improve infrastructure. Well, hard work and persistence pays off: Greens welcome Anglian Water’s U-turn and their promise to stop dumping sewage. For […]
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29 September 2023 Recent research by North Lincs Green Party has uncovered the full extent of sewage dumping in our area. The top two Anglian Water ‘storm overflow’ events into the Humber both happened to be in North Lincolnshire and were at the following Sewage Treatment Works: Barton-upon-Humber: 1,420 hours duration over 2021; 111 times […]
29 September 2023 Thank you! Neil, Carol and Amie would like to thank the hundreds of Barton residents who voted for them at the May elections for North Lincs Council and Barton Town Council. Neil said “Despite missing out on the third North Lincs Council seat by just 65 votes, the election showed everyone the […]
2nd Feb 2023 Working hard for a better environment Download the full 2-page newsletter as a pdf here.
11th February 2023 The Planning Inspectorate is currently looking at a proposal for a large facility – the ‘Green Energy Park’ at Flixborough – a waste incinerator with add-ons to make use of the heat and ash generated. But how green is the ‘Green Energy Park’? North Lincs Green Party research has found that: 1. […]
10 January 2023 Local elections, including Town and Parish elections, will be held on 4 May 2023. Please be aware that, for the first time, residents will need to show photographic ID to vote at polling stations at this year’s local elections, as well as for future UK general elections. Firstly, if you have […]
There are significant problems with the council's plan to reach their target of net zero emissions by 2030