Columnist urges environmentalists to look beyond the Green Party

Summary

Guardian columnist Zoe Williams argues that environmentalists need ideas and language that turn support for climate action into political momentum beyond the Green Party. She points to a June debate in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, where a Reform UK councillor sought to scrap the council’s climate emergency declaration; after a meeting was postponed because of extreme heat, the motion was defeated 33 to seven. Williams says other Reform-led councils have held similar debates, and cites a Kent councillor’s arguments against cutting carbon emissions.

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1. The Guardian

   14 Oct 2026, 17:15 UTCSource ↗

   The Guardian’s Zoe Williams argues that climate campaigners should look beyond the Green Party and describes local council debates over climate declarations, including a failed bid to scrap one in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk.