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Making Tracks: Exporting live animals is cruel and unnecessary
- March 7th, 20127 March 2012 - Jean and Keith have backed the ‘8Hours’ campaign to introduce this time limit for transporting live animals in the EU, as a step towards ending all live exports.
Keith applauds local campaign’s win against Asda over sewage plans
- March 6th, 20126 March 2012 - Keith has welcomed the news of campaigners’ victory against Asda's plans to pump sewage into Ferring Rife.
Keith urges council not to introduce night flights at Manston airport
- March 2nd, 20122 March 2012 - Keith has submitted a consultation response to Thanet District Council urging them to maintain the current restrictions on scheduled night time flying from Manston Airport in Kent.
Keith joins air pollution protest in Farnham, Surrey
- March 2nd, 20122 March 2012 - Keith will today join local people to march through the streets of Farnham, Surrey, to protest about high levels of air pollution in the town.
MEPs support Keith’s call for greater passenger rights
- February 28th, 201228 February 2012 - The European Parliament's transport committee today adopted Keith's report calling for more EU action to strengthen air passenger rights.
Keith visits Milton Keynes to meet Green Youth parliament member
- February 23rd, 201223 February 2012 - Keith is visiting Milton Keynes today to meet with Graham Findlay, a Green Member of the Youth Parliament, in Newport Pagnell.
Keith sends message of support to fracking meeting in Forest Row
- February 23rd, 201222 February 2012 - Keith's constituency co-ordinator attended a meeting in Forest Row, Sussex last night and read out this message from Keith
Green MEP kicks off debate about how to reduce car use in Chichester
- February 22nd, 201222 February 2012 - Keith will be opening a meeting in Chichester tonight to discuss ways to encourage less car travel in the city
‘Don’t put our water at risk’ says Green MEP
- February 21st, 201221 February 2012 - Keith today met with campaigners at Ardingly reservoir in Sussex to give support to their concerns over the possible impacts fracking could have on local water supplies.
Keith calls for an end to book famine suffered by the blind and visually impaired
- February 16th, 201216 February 2012 - Keith today welcomed the adoption of a Parliament resolution on access to books and other printed products for blind and visually impaired people.
Keith adds his voice to calls against the death penalty in Japan
- February 16th, 201216 February 2012 - A resolution co-tabled by Keith and adopted by the European Parliament today urgently calls on the Japanese Minister of Justice not to approve any further death penalty executions.
Keith supports Brighton based charity
- February 13th, 201213 February 2012 - Green MEP Keith Taylor has offered his support for a Brighton based charity Men Get Eating Disorders Too which offers help and advice as well as practical support to men suffering from eating disorders.
Green MEP attends estuary airport meeting to voice opposition to government plans
- February 10th, 201210 February 2012 - Keith is returning to his home town of Southend, Essex tonight to voice his concerns about plans to build a new airport in the region.
Green MEP commits to Equal Marriage during International Marriage Week
- February 10th, 201210 February 2012 - Keith today pledged his support for equal marriage by signing up to the Equal Love campaign's petition, during International Marriage Week.
Keith sends message of support to fracking meeting in Lewes
- February 10th, 20129 February 2012 - Keith has sent a message of support to people who are meeting in Lewes, Sussex tonight to discuss their concerns about proposed fracking near the village of Balcombe at the headwaters of the river Ouse.
Green MEP spends days with RSPCA to show support for work against animal cruelty
- February 3rd, 20123 February 2012 – Keith will visit East Sussex today to meet with RSPCA animal shelter staff, inspectors and the rescued animals.
Green MEP calls on council to raise costs for live animal exporters at Ramsgate port
- February 1st, 20121 February 2012 - Keith has called on Thanet Council to raise the fee for boats using Ramsgate port to export live animals.
Keith condemns ACTA
- January 31st, 201231 January 2012 - Keith today has condemned the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The agreement was signed last Thursday by the EU and 22 member states, before it came to the European Parliament to be finally voted on.
Keith speaks at planning protest in Hove
- January 30th, 201230 January 2012 - Keith spoke about the proposed changes to planning laws at a 'Save Our Sussex Alliance' demonstration in Hove on Saturday.
Green Euro-MP vists Balcombe to offer support to anti-fracking protestors
- January 20th, 201220 January 2012 - Keith will visit Balcombe, West Sussex today to meet with local people who are concerned about the possibility of fracking being carried out at a site just outside their village.
Letter to The Guardian: Uprising against fracking nuisance
- January 16th, 201216 January 2012 - Keith's letter about energy company Cuadrilla's plans to start fracking for shale gas in Balcombe, West Sussex was published in The Guardian on Saturday.
Keith responds to government go-ahead for HS2 rail plans
- January 15th, 201215 January 2012 - Following the government's decision to approve plans to build a high speed railway from London to Birmingham , Keith sent this letter to local papers in the areas of his constituency which would be affected by HS2 - Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns.
Petition for eight hour live animal journey limit gathers a million signatures
- January 15th, 201215 January 2012 - Keith has welcomed the news that the petition supporting a maximum journey time of eight hours for transporting live animals within the EU has gather over one million signatures.
Green MEP supports anti-fracking campaigners in Balcombe
- January 11th, 201211 January 2012 - Keith has lent his support to local people in Balcombe, near Haywards Heath, who are worried about damage to their local environment, including the risk of earthquake tremors, which could be caused by hydraulic fracturing.
Surrey commuters face ‘unfair’ fare hikes
- January 10th, 201210 January 2012 - Keith has responded to articles in the Surrey press which detail the huge train fare rises commuters faced on their return to work:
Keith calls for ban on battery cage eggs
- January 6th, 20126 January 2012 - Keith has today sent a letter to local press recognising the improvements to laying hen welfare which were brought in at the beginning of the year and detailing his work towards a ban on all battery cages.
After High Court ruling Green MEP asks European Commission to take tough action on UK’s dirty air
- December 21st, 201121 December 2011 - Keith has written to European Environment Commissioner Potočnik following last week’s ruling at the High Court which declared that it was the responsibility of the European Commission to hold the UK to account for its failure to meet air pollution limits.
Keith calls for a Directive on the Welfare of Cattle, Sheep and Ducks
- December 20th, 201120 December 2011 -Today Keith called for the need for better animal welfare regulation through species specific legislation.
Keith welcomes tightening of export controls on drugs used for lethal injections
- December 20th, 201120 December 2011 - Keith today welcomed the news that the EU has strengthened its export controls on drugs that can be used in lethal injections.
Green MEP calls for swift action to end keeping hens in barren battery cages
- December 19th, 201119 December 2011 - Keith Taylor has called on the European Commission to take swift action to ensure a new law which bans hens being kept in barren battery cages from 1 January next year is enforced across the EU.
