11 December 2018
At a Council meeting last night, Oswestry Town Council became the first Parish Council in Shropshire to accept that we are facing a climate emergency and resolved to show local leadership by:
Green Party Councillor Olly Rose who presented the motion said "I am delighted that Oswestry has joined with Councils including Liverpool, Bristol and Stroud in recognising the impact that climate change is already starting to have on the prospects for the children growing up in our town. I am grateful to fellow Councillors for their support in this and look forward to hearing from local people on their own ideas for cutting carbon emissions for the benefit of future generations".
A similar resolution to become a Carbon neutral Council has been put forward by Green Shropshire Councillor Julian Dean to Shropshire Unitary Council and will be considered at its meeting on Thursday.