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3 February 2009 by sianberry
Read Jenny’s articles at The Guardian’s Comment Is Free Yesterday was a good day to bury bad news under several feet of snow. As Boris Johnson skated between media interviews trying to justify his dubious decision to cancel all the buses in London, no one considered asking him to justify the much more environmentally disastrous […]
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2 February 2009 by sianberry
The London Mayor has decided to postpone the extension of the Low Emission Zone to include small lorries and vans. The heavy fine on polluting vehicles entering London was due to include lighter goods vehicles in October 2010. Darren Johnson said: "This is the height of irresponsibility and an absolute disaster for London’s environment. The […]
30 January 2009 by sianberry
I am appalled by the human rights violations currently taking place in Sri Lanka. I have been informed by aid workers that hundreds of civilians have been killed in the last week and the fear is that this situation could become far worse than the recent dreadful devastation of Gaza. On Thursday next week, […]
The news that more than one hundred local councils could face legal action for not providing specialist support for women affected by sexual violence has added to the pressure on London Mayor Boris Johnson to deliver his promise of £744,000 a year for rape crisis centres in the capital. Under questioning by Jenny Jones at […]
The UK’s two Green Euro-MPs will hand deliver a letter to the Israeli Embassy in London today (30 January), demanding a full refund of EU aid, estimated to be at least 53 million euros, spent on Gaza’s now devastated infrastructure over the past ten years. In the wake of the Israeli army’s violent offensive on […]
29 January 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has welcomed the Government’s decision to call in the planning decision on Crystal Palace Park. The plans, recently approved by the London Mayor and Bromley council, included the building of 180 houses on Crystal Palace Park. The strength of feeling locally was reflected in a 8,000 signature petition which Darren Johnson presented at […]
Darren Johnson is writting to the EU Environment Commissioner welcoming the start of infringement proceedings against the British Government’s failure to comply with air quality limit values, designed to protect human health. Successful legal action by the EU could result in unlimited fines against the UK Government. Darren Johnson said: "The Government had this coming […]
Jean Lambert, the Green MEP for London, today welcomed the European Commission’s announcement to begin infringement procedures against the UK for breaches of air quality standards on particulate matter, which have not been met since they were introduced in 2005. The action by the Commission follows the introduction of the new European Directive on Air […]
28 January 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson today unveiled his amendments to the London Mayor’s annual budget. The main changes aim to lower fares; increase neighbourhood policing, and reverse many of the Mayor’s cuts to environmental projects. Darren Johnson said: "In spite of much green rhetoric the Mayor has dropped a large swathe of projects aimed at improving the quality […]
27 January 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson has written to the EU Environment Commissioner asking him to reject the British Government’s attempt to gain an extension on the time it has to comply with air quality limit values on three grounds: 1) The EU had previously set a deadline of 31st October 2008 for any application for an extension and […]