'Not an optional extra': Councillors want climate change protected in devolution
Councillors in Fareham have said protecting the environment is “not an optional extra” when it comes to devolution.
It comes as opposition Liberal Democrats at the borough council successfully tabled a motion asking the council leader to write to ministers on climate change.
Councillor Chrissie Bainbridge (Lib Dem, Portchester Castle) said: “This isn’t about politics – it’s about protecting our environment, safeguarding public health, and securing our children’s future.
“Fareham has shown real leadership. Now we need the government to listen.
Fareham Councillors must buckle down and do their bit towards adjusting the global climate in a benign direction. Nobody anywhere on Earth must be disadvantaged by bad weather - beat that for egalitarian posturing.
Yet what the blue blazes does a chap say about such limitless ambition? Fareham must be a strange place indeed where political folk see the constraints of reality as optional extras.
Not that we're unfamiliar with the approach.
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