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15 September 2009 by sianberry
Last night, Camden Green Party councillor Maya de Souza (Highgate Green ward) proposed a motion that the London Borough of Camden sign up to reduce its carbon emmissions by 10 per cent by the end of 1010. In a rare show of cross-party unity, every council member present voted in favour of the Greens’ motion. […]
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9 September 2009 by sianberry
Green Party candidates Anna Bragga, Sarah Cope and Pete McAskie will join members of the Lap Off! campaign at Haringey’s Civic Centre on Thursday September 10 when a final decision on the planning application to transform the Music Palace into a gentlemen’s club will take place. With Rokesley School just a few yards down the […]
7 September 2009 by sianberry
As London prepares to host the DESi Arms Fair tomorrow, Jenny Jones, Green Party home affairs spokesperson (and member of the London Met Police Authority) has called on the organisers to pay for the cost of policing the event. Jones said: "I can’t think of anything more wasteful than the London police using their precious […]
26 August 2009 by sianberry
Lewisham’s Green Party councillors have welcomed news that the 2009 Climate Camp has chosen Blackheath, the borough’s famous green space, as its temporary home. The venue was announced at the last minute this afternoon in a text message sent to activists around the country. Lewisham is the Green Party’s stronghold in London, with the largest group […]
13 August 2009 by sianberry
A Green Party idea for lending energy-monitoring "smart meters" through Lewisham’s libraries has proven a hit with library users – and spread across the globe. New figures show almost 200 of the devices have been borrowed for free in the scheme’s first six months. The scheme has also inspired copycat projects in other areas, with […]
The Camden Green Party’s annual survey of shops in Highgate ward has been released. It found that vacancy rates in this area have almost doubled from 4% in 2006, when the survey first started, to 7.4% in 2009. The local survey covers 175 shops in five local shopping streets: Highgate Road, York Rise, Chester Road, Swains […]
10 August 2009 by sianberry
Hackney Greens today praised their Labour-run council for supporting a Green Party campaign to use the Sustainable Communities Act to combat the growth of bookmakers throughout the borough. The Gambling Act 2005 – which came into force in 2007 – removed the need for bookmakers to show there was demand for yet another bookies […]
8 August 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson (London Assembly member, and parliamentary candidate for Lewisham Deptford) is calling on the organisers of London 2012 to set higher goals for green transport, affordable housing, and low-carbon energy. In particular Darren wants to see: – The target for the number of people arriving at the Games on foot or by bike doubled […]
6 August 2009 by sianberry
Hiroshima Day is observed all over the world every year on 6 August, in commemoration of the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War. It is estimated that 140 000 people were killed in Hiroshima, and 74 000 people in Nagasaki, where the […]
28 July 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones has written to the London Mayor responding to the Transport Statement of Intent. Jenny said: "Most of the Mayor’s key goals will only be achieved with bold new ideas and a large increase in investment. For example, the expansion of cycling and walking in outer London is completely under-funded, yet that is where […]