Articles and features
Caroline's work and achievements have gained significant national and local press interest. She has also written articles and blogs for a range of national publications.
Below are links to recent articles and comment pieces by Caroline, as well key media coverage about Caroline, the 2010 election campaign and related issues.
We need a new economic order
The Guardian, 16 December 2011
Poisoning link threatens future of fracking
Independent, 14 December 2011
Government's billion pound spend on Trident must be challenged
PoliticsHome, 14 December 2011
100,000 Sussex homes in fuel poverty
The Brighton Argus, 06 December 2011
Letter - Calls to end continuing injustice in Indonesia and Tibet
The Guardian, 06 December 2011
Extradition rules: MPs urge reforms of US-UK accord
BBC, 05 December 2011
Energy companies have lent more than 50 staff to Government departments
The Guardian, 05 December 2011
Government attacked over green policies
Daily Telegraph, 04 December 2011
New green alliance in savage attack on George Osborne
The Guardian, 03 December 2011
MoD spends £2bn on nuclear weapons ahead of Trident renewal decision
The Guardian, 27 November 2011
Durban conference: Caroline Lucas on climate change, social justice and Occupy London
Huffington Post, 27 November 2011
CPS 'outsourced justice to US'
Morning Star, 25 November 2011
We don't have to pick between the economy and the climate
Responding to Climate Change, 25 November 2011
CPS has not seen all US evidence against Babar Ahmad
Independent, 25 November 2011
The Government's chaotic solar policy
TUC blog, 19 November 2011
Has Brighton plugged into electric cars?
Daily Telegraph, 18 November 2011
Green MP focuses on greening Parliament
MSN News, 11 November 2011
BBC Radio 4 World Tonight - Government's green credentials
BBC, 11 November 2011
Jobs for the boys: Westminster's macho culture must change
G2, The Guardian, 11 November 2011
Financial transparency bill will help challenge the tax dodgers
FalseEconomy, 10 November 2011
Letter - Greens back the Occupy movement
The Guardian, 07 November 2011
BBC Radio 4 You and Yours - should super strength ciders cost more?
BBC, 07 November 2011
'Real politics' is going on at Occupy LSX, St Paul's
BBC News, 05 November 2011
Solar has been too successful - that's why tariffs were cut
The Guardian, 04 November 2011
Shale gas fracking blamed for Blackpool quake (£)
Financial Times, 02 November 2011
Green MP proves adept operator in the Commons (£)
Financial Times, 28 October 2011
Tackling the UK's alcohol problem
PoliticsHome, 21 October 2011
Caroline Lucas speaks at the Institute for Government
ePolitix, 19 October 2011
'Male dominated Westminster politics rigged against small parties'
Huffington Post, 19 October 2011
Violence against women is not inevitable
Huffington Post, 13 October 2011
Preventing violence against women and girls
ePolitix, 12 October 2011
UK nuclear safety review finds 38 cases for improvement
The Guardian, 11 October 2011
Caroline comes top out of all new MPs for media coverage
ConservativeHome, 30 September 2011
Planning reforms are bigger threat to countryside than forest sell off
The Guardian, 28 September 2011
Fracking must be halted until we know more
The Guardian, 22 September 2011
Air quality: the UK's invisible health crisis
The Guardian, 12 July 2011
Interview: the green movement needs to get away from doom and gloom
Huffington Post, 07 July 2011
Solar energy is at a crossroads - and the government must do a U-turn
The Guardian, 04 July 2011
Drug death 'capital' Brighton to put treatment ahead of punishment
The Observer, 26 June 2011
Energy bill must pay even more attention to efficiency
The Guardian, 21 June 2011
'War on drugs' not the right approach
The Argus, 20 June 2011
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas honours her pledges to fight for better housing
insidehousing.co.uk, 17 June 2011
Drug addiction should be a health issue not a criminal one
leftfootforward.org, 16 June 2011
Caroline Lucas: "I'll tell you why I hate this question"
BusinessGreen.com, 16 June 2011
Environment white paper lacks policy, ambition and Defra's backing
The Guardian, 13 June 2011
Hay Festival 2011: Caroline Lucas leads call for return to wartime austerity
The Telegraph, 2 June 2011
How palm oil jeopardises global efforts to reduce emissions
The Guardian, 1 June 2011
Brighton MP Caroline Lucas calls for temporary prohibition of shale gas
Brighton and Hove Free Press, 25 May 2011
Carbon budget: Could this be the greenest government ever?
The Guardian, 17 May 2011
This energy bill is not so green
The Guardian, 10 May 2011
Interview with HR magazine
9 May 2011
The green argument for voting 'Yes to AV'
The Guardian, 3 May 2011
AV referendum: why progressives must unite to vote yes
The Guardian, 1 May 2011
Article co-authored by Caroline, Chris Huhne and John Denham on reasons for voting yes to AV
Commons people: One year on, how are the new MPs coping with the highs and lows of power?
The Independent on Sunday, 17 April 2011
Article featuring Caroline as one of a number of notable new MPs
Comment: Sustainable Communities Act is key to reversing community decline
politics.co.uk, 1 April 2011
The Sustainable Communities Act is a victory worth celebrating
The Guardian, 31 March 2011
George Osborne's budget is a betrayal of our environment
The Guardian, 24 March 2011
Caroline Lucas reveals green budget wish list
BusinessGreen.com, 22 March 2011
Lucas launches campaign to end £16bn tax evasion scandal
leftfootforward.org, 17 March 2011
Scrapping the fuel duty rise will hurt Britain economically
The Guardian, 11 March 2011
Carbon Plan ‘offers little that is new', says Caroline Lucas
Climate Action Programme, 8 March 2011
Caroline Lucas reflects on 100 years of International Women's Day
Blog post, News From Brighton, 8 March 2011
High speed rail could be so much better
The Guardian, 4 March 2011
Politics Weekly podcast: The 'squeezed middle', referendums and the green agenda
The Guardian, 3 March 2011
Rising oil prices should be a catalyst for decarbonisation
The Guardian, 25 February 2011
Interview with Brighton and Hove Free Press
18 February 2011
Business needs a clear message on renewables
The Guardian, 17 February 2011
The UK needs a labelling scheme for GM-free meat products
The Guardian, 10 February 2011
Forestry shows us what is wrong with UK politics
The Guardian, 4 February 2011
Goose steps and mass graves? We're only trying to save the world
Robert Webb, The Telegraph, 4 February 2011
Now is the time to modernise and reform our parliament
New Statesman, 3 February 2011
MPs must grasp this chance for a better kind of politics
Jackie Ashley, The Guardian, 31 January 2011
Article discussing Caroline's report, The Case for Parliamentary Reform
The green investment bank: neither particularly green, nor a bank
The Guardian, 27 January 2011
Mobilising the 'home front' to fight climate change
The Guardian, 20 January 2011
Interview with Guide2Brighton.com
10 December 2010
Parliament's arcane rules stifle debate. As the lone Green MP I can make the cases other parties won't
The Guardian 09 September 2010
Housing crisis
Letter in Argus 15 July 2010
Observer Ethical Politician Award
The Guardian 13 June 2010
After weeks aboard a battlebus that ran on recycled cooking oil, Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, learned she had trounced her nearest Labour rival by 1,200 votes. Meet the first Green Party representative in the House of Commons...
'An historic moment for anyone who cares about the enviroment' Caroline Lucas' maiden speech in Parliament
The Independent 28 May 2010
On the Con-LibDem coalition: 'We could have had a new politics. This isn't it'
Guardian Online and hard copy 15 May 2010
Caroline Lucas: 'We could have had a new politics. This isn't it' So far, Britain's first Green MP is not impressed. Westminster is 'archaic' and the Lib-Cons, for all their talk, are simply 'an awful lot of men in a lot of grey suits, doing things in much the same way'
Clamour for change grows
The Independent on Sunday - 2 May 2010
Can Caroline Lucas change politics for ever?
The Independent - 25 April 2010
Fertile ground? Why the Green breakthrough may finally have come
The Economist - 31 March 2010
Greens will get 'historic' first MP, says Lucas
BBC News - 19 February 2010
The BBC pull out their highlights from Caroline's Leader's speech to the Green Party Spring Conference
Green Party 'has real chance' in election
The Today programme - 18 February 2010
Could Brighton Pavilion elect Britain's First Green MP?
The Guardian - 8 February 2010
Will Brighton give Lucas the Green light?
The Guardian - 4 February 2010
Brighton Pavilion: A Green leap forward?
The Guardian - 3 February 2010
John Harris voyages to the seaside seat where Caroline Lucas could become Britain's first Green MP.
Greens sow the seed for political optimism in Brighton
The Badger - 27 January 2010
Greens on course for first MP
The Independent - 11 January 2010
A poll of voting intentions carried out by ICM Research shows that the Greens, who had their best-ever result in the constituency in 2005, hold an eight-point lead over their nearest rivals, the Conservatives, with the Greens on 35 per cent, the Tories on 27, Labour on 25 and the Liberal Democrats on 11 per cent.
Compass gives platform to woman Greens hope will be their first MP
Guardian.co.uk - 27 September 2009
Detractors are mumbling after Caroline Lucas was scheduled to appear alongside Harriet Harman at a Labour Party conference fringe meeting in Brighton.
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