Some in the party acknowledged that Serna would have a better pro-environment vote in Congress than would Redmond, but Green Party voters apparently decided that didn't matter enough to support the embattled Democrat.

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Councillors have agreed to hold a consultation into the restrictions, which the Green administration has said would create a safer environment.

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Although women are still underrepresented in many technology leadership positions around the world (even here in Silicon Valley), I have long believed that women have the potential to thrive in the green technology sector because it serves a higher purpose of creating a more sustainable environment for the next generation and beyond.

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Scientists put that down to attitudes in the newly-created Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the green lobby, which has a friend in Michael Meacher, the environment minister, is said to have a louder voice than the scientists.

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