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12 February 2003 by sianberry
She welcomed recent surveys which show that more people than expected are thinking about leaving their car at home, but she also highlighted an AA report which found that around half of the people currently driving into the zone will be eligible for a discount, or exemption. She wants to maintain the momentum towards traffic […]
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8 February 2003 by sianberry
But Cllr. Darren Johnson AM countered, "Ken is wrong to say the policy choices are between his own and the Tories. The real choice in London, as elsewhere, is between the sustainability agenda of the Greens Party Group and the unsustainable agenda of the others." Darren continued, "When Ken Livingstone supports new roadbuilding, airport expansions, […]
6 February 2003 by sianberry
The underground electric railway runs right through the congestion charge area, from Whitechapel to Paddington, with stops at sorting offices like the one at Mount Pleasant. It has carried letters and parcels beneath the streets of London for the last 75 years, but is due to close later this year. The 3.4 million bags of […]
5 February 2003 by sianberry
With the release of the Strategic Rail Authority’s Strategic Plan 2003, it is clear that there are not enough funds for long awaited rail projects in London. It is crucial that Ken Livingstone’s claim to be leading the battle to save the capital’s railways is now backed with more money. With recent announcements on delays […]
3 February 2003 by sianberry
The aim of the London Road Safety Camera Partnership is to reduce deaths and serious injuries on the capital’s roads by 1,125 over the next five years. The Partnership has identified nearly a thousand crash blackspots where over 5,200 people have been killed or seriously injured in the last three years. A survey by the […]
Jenny believes that the £200m project will provide at least 50 million passengers a year with a more reliable and sustainable form of transport, but TfL have to provide the money and imagination to meet many of the community’s demands, such as traffic calming. Overall, there will be less traffic on Ealing’s roads, due to […]
29 January 2003 by sianberry
Jenny is calling for the renationalisation of the rail network and for schemes like Thameslink 2000, Orbirail and the East London Line Extension to be funded by scrapping the national road building plan. The cash-strapped SRA is due to issue a cut down version of its strategic plan, which could threaten the building of long-promised […]
Campaigners have recently been fighting the council over the future of Paterson Park, Canada Water and the Downtown area green space. People in Southwark still have until the middle of February to respond to the council’s Supplementary Planning Guidance on open spaces. Southwark has one designated Local Nature Reserve, at Sydenham Hill Wood. The Greens […]
Mayor Livingstone’s own Waste Strategy clearly states that councils must provide all properties with a kerbside collection of at least three materials by 1 April 2004 but Lewisham Council is planning to renege on this and is committed only to a collection for paper by that date. In a formal question to Mayor Livingstone, Darren […]
28 January 2003 by sianberry
Mayor Livingstone is due to consult people in East London about the proposed motorway bridge and this raises concerns for Greens. Jenny argues that the Mayor has no clear idea of how the local toll scheme will work, who it will affect and how much it will cost to run, this will allow people to […]
23 January 2003 by sianberry
Jenny says, “The sheer number who signed-up to volunteer to be human shields shows the desperate outrage people are feel over the prospect of war. The Green Party is the only political party in Britain which has consistently opposed this unjust and immoral war against Iraq. US and British led sanctions have already murdered around […]
Commenting on the Mayor’s Draft Energy Strategy launched on 21 January, Victor Anderson, Environment Advisor to the Mayor said, "I want to see the Mayor using his planning powers to turn down all planning applications for new office blocks in London powered by yesterday’s polluting fossil fuels.” Victor added, “The Mayor’s Draft Energy Strategy is […]
Darren Johnson is holding firm to his accusation that the Mayor is ‘squandering’ London’s wildlife budget. The row ensued after the London Assembly Green Party Group proposed to cut the Mayor’s subsidy for London Zoo and switch the money to practical nature conservation work. It emerged that only £51,000 of the Mayor’s environmental budget is […]
22 January 2003 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Leader of the Green Party Group said, “Our budget proposals help set out a radical Green vision for London with major spending on social, environmental and transport initiatives. Furthermore, our proposals would mean a precept rise of only 20% for Council Tax payers compared to the Mayor’s proposed rise of 38.4%” Jenny Jones, […]
21 January 2003 by sianberry
Jenny Jones, Green Party Assembly Member, supports the Mayor’s policy of impounding the vehicles of drivers who refuse to pay three sets of congestion charge fines, but wants Ken Livingstone to nip any protest campaign in the bud by taking an even harder line. Calls for non payment have come from Conservative Assembly Member, Angie […]
The cash strapped SRA is due to issue a cut down version of its strategic plan at the end of this month and Greens are calling for an urgent increase in government funding. Long promised schemes like Thameslink 2000 are unlikely to happen within the next decade, unless the government switches funding from roads to […]
20 January 2003 by sianberry
He offered to speak after receiving an invitation from Class Law and after hearing that Conservative Party Assembly members would be putting the arguments against congestion charging. The Class Law meeting has been widely advertised in the media and is aiming to pull together the complaints of several groups, including the Smithfield Traders and some […]
14 January 2003 by sianberry
Victor Anderson said: "I am very concerned about hints that the Mayor is thinking of ending the ban on night-time lorry deliveries. The ban has provided peace and quiet for many people in London who would have their quality of life ruined if it were to be scrapped. Ken Livingstone should waste no more time […]
2 January 2003 by sianberry
Darren Johnson’s comments came after Ken Livingstone publicly criticised him for taking a “negative approach” to working with the Mayor’s administration. Darren Johnson is seeking the Green Party’s nomination for the London Mayoral contest once more. Mr Johnson is widely acknowledged to have fought a very strong campaign as the Green Party’s Mayoral candidate in […]
20 December 2002 by sianberry
Published today, the report shows that thousands of new green jobs would be created if the Mayor adopted a "zero waste" strategy. Zero Waste has been successfully adopted in other countries. It is a strategy that sees waste as a resource and that recognises what can be made of it through recycling, re-using and re-making, […]
7 December 2002 by sianberry
Cllr. Darren Johnson AM, is arguing that the Mayor is failing to fully support the much-needed creation of jobs in areas such recycling, energy efficiency schemes, the incorporation of solar energy into buildings and organic food production and retail. Ken Livingstone himself set a target of creating 10,000 new jobs in green business by 2005. […]
5 December 2002 by sianberry
Far from being a traditional right, jetting off on a cheap flight is a recently acquired luxury enjoyed by the better off in richer countries. Climate change, in contrast, will affect everyone and could be most damaging for people in the poorest parts of the world. By 2050 air traffic, unless curbed, could be one […]
The Mayor has only protected part of the site and excluded much of Southmere Green.This means the loss of green space the size of 45 football pitches. Greens and local residents are appalled that Bexley Council is likely to give the go-ahead for a business park on a greenfield site, one of the few remnants […]
The 1952 Great London Smog killed around 4000 people and it was because of this disaster that modern air pollution control began. However, Greens argue that even 50 years later, pollution problems are not being taken seriously enough. They are calling on the Mayor to introduce a Low Emission Zone in London sooner rather than […]