Archive for 'SERA'
A mutual future for Welsh Railways
Today in the Welsh Assembly Labour/Co-operative AM Vaughan Gething and rail expert Paul Salveson are launching a report titled ‘Rail Cymru: A People’s Railway for Wales’. This report begins to set out a vision for a railway in Wales that is owned by and for the people of Wales, bringing together communities, employees and passengers. The [...]
Caroline Flint MP: Introducing the Power Book
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change Caroline Flint MP introduces the Power Book launched last month by the Co-operative Party, SERA, LGiU and the Shadow DECC team. As a new energy industrial revolution unfolds, future technologies, sources of renewable and low carbon energy and their application offer more scope than ever to [...]
‘The Power Book’ launched at Labour Party Conference
The Co-operative Party, along with SERA, the Local Government Information Unit and the Shadow DECC team, earlier this month launched ‘The Power Book’, a new pamphlet that looks at the potential of community and co-operatively owned energy. Writing in the introduction to the book, the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Caroline [...]
Power to the People: The energy co-operative with 42 million customers
Co-operative energy has become more popular in the United States and one particular company has emerged as a leader of the field. Ahead of tonight’s Parliamentary event on co-operative energy, Sharon Hou reports on Gareth Thomas MP’s recent visit. Last week, Co-operative Party Chair and Labour & Co-operative MP Gareth Thomas visited the National Rural [...]
Event: Co-operative and community energy: Purchasing and Providing – the dream ticket
It is an exciting and challenging time for co-operative and community energy generation and purchasing. The Co-operative Party and SERA – the Labour Environment Campaign are co-hosting an event in Parliament with leading players in the field. Co-operative pioneers, Midcounties, will speak about their Co-operative Energy service and we will also hear the new manifesto for [...]
New pamphlet from SERA: Rio+20: Our second chance for a sustainable future?
SERA has today launched a new pamphlet, Rio+20: Our second chance for a sustainable future?, as our contribution to the debate at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development taking place in Brazil. Contributors to the pamphlet include Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA, Mary Creagh MP, Shadow Energy Secretary, Caroline Flint MP, and Shadow International Development [...]
Co-operative London: green ideas to help Labour win
As part of our consultation on policy ideas for the 2012 London elections, Melanie Smallman of SERA – the Labour Environment Campaign sets out the environmental challenge and how green ideas can be part of a winning Labour offer. In these harsh economic times, ethical issues – like our impact on the environment or on [...]
SERA – Unlocking the power of communities
Our friends at SERA, the Labour Environment Campaign, launched a new document last night at an event with Hazel Blears MP. ‘Unleashing the Power’ discusses examples of community involvement in tackling environmental challenges, with a collection of articles by pioneers in utilising community action to promote sustainable living. Examples include the excellent dothegreenthing.com and the [...]
