Brighton & Hove Friends of the Earth

We’ve asked the main parties in the Brighton & Hove area (Conservatives, Green, Labour and Liberal Democrats) what they would do to improve the environment of the city. We posed these questions as shown  below and a summary of the answers can be found here in PPC Survey Results (summary) and in detail the collated responses for Brighton Kemptown , Brighton Pavilion and Hove & Portslade :

BHFOE Brighton & Hove PPC Survey 2010

If elected would you:

Carbon Emissions and Energy Use

1) Support Brighton & Hove to become a low carbon city and to reduce carbon emissions by 42% by 2020 and 80% by 2050 below 1990 levels?

2) Lobby Government for Local Carbon Budgets?  (A budget limiting the carbon an area can emit based on scientific advice and local circumstances, applied to all local authority areas and backed up by national government action and support)

Transport

3) Lobby Government to prioritise investment in walking, cycling and public transport rather than road building?

4) Support the re-opening of the Uckfield – Lewes railway?  (This would benefit Brighton & Hove, for example, in allowing more people to visit using public transport)

5) Lobby for a change in railway maintenance schedules so that Brighton & Hove has a 7-day railway service?  (An important issue for a major tourist destination which has many thousands of people visiting at the weekends)

Waste 

6) Lobby for a moratorium on Government funding for incineration?

7) Lobby for Brighton & Hove to meet national recycling targets and encourage Brighton & Hove to become a beacon council for waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting of food and garden waste?

Biodiversity and Landscape

8) Support Brighton & Hove’s bid to become an Urban Biosphere?  (An urban biosphere is an area of excellence for conservation and sustainable development, demonstrating how the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity can be reconciled with economic development.  It would mark out the city as an international leader while improving the quality of life for local residents.  It is a Council priority)

9) Lobby for adequate financial support from Government for the new South Downs National Park Authority?

Open Ended Question

10. What’s the most significant change you would like to see in Brighton & Hove to create a truly sustainable city and how would you help achieve this?