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23
Jul 2020
Environmental campaigner quits Harrogate Climate Coalition
Environmental campaigner Malcolm Margolis has resigned from the Harrogate Climate Coalition because of a "lack of action" around climate change.
The group was formed at the beginning of this year after Harrogate Borough Council rejected calls to declare a climate emergency in 2019.
It brings together councillors as well as green groups and local businesses — with the aim of working together in the name of sustainability and helping the environment.
Mr Margolis was a member of the Coalition's sustainable transport subgroup that was set up to look at cycling lanes and how to get people out of cars.
Mr Margolis said he wanted to group to be "not just another talking shop".
He said:
Speaking to the Stray Ferret, the chair of the subgroup Cllr Paul Haslam said the Climate Coalition was a "great leap forward" for the environment in the district but conceded that action hasn't been as fast as he would have liked.
He said:
Cllr Haslam said after the second meeting of the group, it became clear the members wanted to be "more than just a talking shop — they wanted it to be effective".
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Cllr Haslam said he has had meetings with senior figures in North Yorkshire County Council and has presented them with "every single idea" that the Climate Coalition has come up with.
The group will meet again next week.
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