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3 April 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for the Mayor to “take responsibility for getting London’s road network fit for cycling” Despite six major injuries or fatalities between 2008 and 2012 the TfL decided to cancel the safety overhaul on this junction. Darren Johnson AM has responded to the news of a cycling fatality in […]
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Green MEP Jean Lambert is pleased by the EU funded project aiming to educate 150,000 young people in Pakistan. London’s Green Euro-MP Jean Lambert has welcomed an EU funded project which will bring literacy, numeracy and vocational training to more than 150,000 young people in Pakistan. Speaking at the launch of a Brussels exhibition showcasing […]
2 April 2014 by sianberry
“Rather than solving the problem the Mayor seems intent on making the problem worse” says Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones as DEFRA warns of ‘high levels’ of pollution spreading across England. Jenny’s response to DEFRA’s warning comes on the same day the London Green Party launches #smogselfie. Photograph courtesy of Clare Phipps. Responding to […]
TODAY the Department for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) issued a smog warning to London and the south-east as air pollution levels reached the maximum of Level 10 on recording devices. The Department advised people living in the capital against doing any strenuous activity outdoors. 4000 people die prematurely in London every year and with […]
31 March 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert comments on the recent UN report that warns no-one will be immune to climate change, and calls for renewables and energy conservation to be at the heart of policy. Jean Lambert calls for immediate action against climate change in light of new UN reports. Climate change will spiral out of control, […]
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson accuses Mayor Boris Johnson of “planning for a future where climate change doesn’t exist”. Darren Johnson has responded to the Mayor’s plans for replacing Heathrow with a bigger airport in the Thames Estuary. The Mayor’s plans are launched on the same day as the latest report from the International Panel […]
The Mayor of London’s attitude towards climate change concerns Green Assembly Baroness Jenny Jones, who is calling for radical changes to prepare for extreme weather such as floods, droughts and heatwaves. The urban heat island effect as observed in the city of Atalanta, Georgia, USA. The five yearly Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) ‘Impacts, […]
Air pollution is killing Londoners while authorities fail to take the problem seriously, says the Green Party, which is calling for much more to be done to meet clean air targets and tackle the rising public health problem of air pollution. As temperatures rose over the weekend, the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural […]
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones criticises the Mayor of London for a net increase in street trees of 9000 over 2 years whilst having a target of increasing the amount of trees by 2 million by 2025. According to a data request, there was a net increase of just under 9,000 street trees planted by […]
27 March 2014 by sianberry
The increase in times Taser’s are drawn in police activities worries Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones, who calls for the Mayor to challenge the Commissioner about this “concerning rise in Taser usage.” A Stun Gun making an electrical arc between its two electrodes, photograph courtesy of Jason Bain. Taser use by the Metropolitan Police […]
25 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson rebukes the London Chamber of Commerce’s calls for a new road across the Thames in East London suggesting instead tolls on the Blackwall Tunnel. Darren Johnson argues that the last fourteen years have shown us there is no economic argument for a new road river crossing and a toll should instead […]
Letter from Jean Lambert MEP for London, MEP candidate Violeta Vajda, and Co-Chair of the London Green Party Benali Hamdache published in the Evening Standard, Tuesday 25 March.
24 March 2014 by sianberry
The London Green Party is supporting anti-fracking campaigners, including Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, as they stand trial for involvement in anti-fracking protests at Balcombe last year. Fracking is a controversial process where a mixture of water, sand and chemicals are pumped underground, under high pressure, to force gas from rock layers. The London Green Party […]
21 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson accuses the Mayor of “looking the other way while hundreds of children are moved away, their parents separated from local support networks and possibly made to lose their job”. Children are being forced to leave their London schools as parents can no longer afford to stay, photograph courtesy of Chris […]
19 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones welcomes Mayor’s discussion with inner London boroughs to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone. Smog in New York, photograph courtesy of Cham. The Mayor of London has said he is in ‘conversation’ with inner London boroughs like Islington and Hackney about joining the Ultra-Low Emission Zone which is being […]
18 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones praises the Met for “it’s progress in tackling the problem of ‘hit and run'”, but calls for stricter actions against illegal drivers. The latest figures available for hit and runs in London show that over 74 people per week were injured in collisions involving “hit and run” drivers in London […]
17 March 2014 by sianberry
THIS week thousands of students across the country will be taking party in demonstrations against the shocking levels of pay inequality at UK universities. Research by the Young Greens, the youth branch of the Green Party, has found that, on average, the lowest paid workers in the UK’s publically funded higher education sector would have […]
14 March 2014 by sianberry
A report released today by the London Green Party has revealed that air pollution levels in the capital are consistently illegal and dangerous to health. In November and December, the Camden Green Party conducted a ‘citizen science’ study of air pollution levels at 21 locations in Highgate Ward, and the results were truly shocking. At […]
It’s now three years since Fukushima hit the headlines and time to ask: has Britain learned any lessons from the disaster? In Germany nuclear energy is being phased out. Its government has realised that nuclear is not the panacea they thought it was. The country tried very hard to make the nuclear dream come true: […]
Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones calls for Mayor Boris Johnson to “think big” to deal with air pollution problems and protect Londoners. The Metro amongst other public transport services were made free this weekend in Paris, photograph courtesy of Fabio Venni. Paris transport authorities are making public transport free over the weekend due to […]
11 March 2014 by sianberry
Fearless union leader will be sorely missed WINSTON Churchill was never one to shy away from controversy – or from a good turn of phrase. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life”. This quotation well applies to the huge role in British public life played by […]
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson accuses Mayor Boris Johnson of “trying to have it both ways” and calls his pledge “effectively meaningless” as MIPIM approaches. London MIPIM 2012 in London stand cafe, photography courtesy of EG Focus. Darren Johnson AM has criticised the Mayor of London for his approach to wooing investors at MIPIM, the […]
10 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Party: Toxic air is killing Londoners LONDONERS deserve better than a smog alert when the weather warms up, says the Green Party, which is calling for more to be done to meet clean air targets and tackle the rising public health problem of air pollution. Warm spring weather this weekend triggered a smog […]
7 March 2014 by sianberry
Green Party: ‘Ordinary Londoners are being burned by the overheating real estate market’ PROPERTY prices are rising at unsustainably high rates, says the London Green Party, which says that ordinary Londoners are being priced out and is calling for the building of more affordable homes and ‘smart’ controls to stabilise sky-rocketing rents. The […]