Councillor Kia Pope is a Green Party member who sits on Portland Town Council for Underhill ward. He sits on the Council’s Climate Emergency Working Group, Biodiversity Working Group, and Events Working Group.
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Catherine Bennett was the Green Party candidate on Portland for Dorset Council in May 2024. She came fourth, 90 votes behind the third of the three winners.
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- Portland Town Council agrees Green’s proposal to ask King to stop proposed incinerator
Portland Town Council has agreed a proposal by Green Councillor Kia Pope to call on King Charles to intervene and help stop the proposed construction of a waste incinerator on the island at Portland Port. This will cite the island’s 1,000 year history as a Royal Manor, with its Court Leet guarding the rights and privileges of the islanders. - “Downright insulting”: Greens slam Portland Port’s ‘keeping community at heart’ newsletter with incinerator set to be built there
Green Councillor Clare Sutton was quoted by the Dorset Echo: “For Portland Port to claim in its newsletter that it has our ‘community at heart’ is not just insensitive and ill-judged; it is downright insulting. Would that be the community which has come out in force to oppose the waste incinerator at every step of the way for over five years?” - Cross-party group including Green councillors writes to Portland Port about incineratorCouncillors including Greens Clare Sutton and Claudia Webb have co-signed a letter by South Dorset MP Lloyd Hatton to the CEO of Portland Port, calling for the controversial incinerator at the port site to be abandoned. The letter asks the Port to abandon “these harmful proposals” for “an outdated form of technology”. They call for a “nationwide moratorium”, banning any new waste incinerators. They also ask for a meeting about the issue with Port officials. The letter continues: “It has become clear that there is no business case, no community case, and no environmental case for a waste incinerator on Portland.”
- Cllrs Clare Sutton and Jon Orrell address hundreds at Stop Portland Waste Incinerator protest
Green Councillors Clare Sutton (Rodwell & Wyke) and Jon Orrell (Melcombe Regis, and Mayor of Weymouth) were among the speakers at a Stop Portland Waste Incinerator protest in Weymouth on Saturday 16 November, attended by hundreds of concerned local citizens. The protest against the new Labour Government’s decision to green-light the scheme was the lead item on Saturday night’s BBC Spotlight. - Clare Sutton and Dorset Greens continue to fight against Portland incinerator after Government green lightLike many others, Dorset Greens have opposed the proposed new incinerator on Portland from the outset, and are diismayed that the Government gave it the green light in September. Councillor Clare Sutton has made a further submission to the Environment Agency and is liaising with Dorset Council, the new South Dorset MP, and other parties about possible next steps, which may include High Court review.
- Portland Waste Incinerator hangs in the balance, as Green councillors among speakers at Public Inquiry
Powerfuel appealed against Dorset Council’s decision to refuse permission for a new waste incinerator on Portland. The Public Inquiry was held 5-21 December. The large attendance over the two weeks reflected the pretty much unanimous rejection of the Incinerator by local people. Dorset Green Councillors Brian Heatley and Clare Sutton were among over 50 people who spoke at the Public Evidence day, all against the plant. Clare focussed on the impact of 80 (huge!) HGV journeys through Wyke every day, and on the potential harm to our tourist industry and local economy.