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22 October 2009 by sianberry
Joan Ruddock, Minister for Climate Change and Lewisham Deptford MP, has dismissed as "uncosted and untested" the 10:10 motion to reduce carbon emissions tabled yesterday in parliament. Lewisham councillor Darren Johnson, Chair of the London Assembly, said: "It’s a glaring contradiction for Joan Ruddock to personally support the 10:10 campaign, and for Lewisham Council to […]
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The European Parliament has today passed a resolution calling for the rapid return of the 250,000 detainees still held in camps in northern Sri Lanka following the defeat of the LTTE by the government earlier this year. MEPs also called on the Sri Lankan government to urgently deliver humanitarian assistance to the Tamil civilians held […]
21 October 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, has secured a commitment from the Olympic Delivery Authority to work to make poverty pay history as a key legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In a London Assembly session today, she pressed David Higgins, Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, to […]
11 October 2009 by sianberry
The Haringey Green Party received a welcome boost to their election campaign when the Green Party’s Deputy Leader, Adrian Ramsay, dropped by to share tips and advice and meet Stroud Green residents in a canvassing tour of the ward. Accompanied by Stroud Green candidates Anna Bragga and Sarah Cope, Ramsay knocked on doors and spoke […]
6 October 2009 by sianberry
The London Mayor’s Air Quality Strategy seems unlikely to reduce particulate emissions (PM10) by enough to meet the European Commission’s legally binding targets by 2012. The strategy is the decisive factor in whether the Government will be fined an estimated £300m by the European Commission. The Government has made clear to the European Commission that […]
The Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party has launched a petition about the Arcade site in central Walthamstow. The petition calls on the council to ensure that any development of the site takes account of some basic principles – buildings should be in sympathy with the character of Walthamstow, no building should be above 6 […]
29 September 2009 by sianberry
Campaigners based in Thamesmead are going to court to challenge a decision to allow 50% more flights to use London City Airport. Fight The Flights, which is backed by Greenwich Green Party, says Newham Council should have taken into account long-term government plans to cut aviation emissions, and had failed to consult neighbouring councils before […]
New figures show that a total of 2,898 black cabs failed their mid year pollution test prior to the London Mayor abolishing the tests in November last year. A further 1,452 cabs were temporarily taken off the road for failures relating to the brakes. The mid year inspections operated for thirteen months between the 1st […]
25 September 2009 by sianberry
At September’s full Council meeting, the Labour group in Hackney proposed a motion congratulating the Labour government on its investment in the Building Schools for the Future programme, and berating the likely cuts in education spending by a future Tory government. Hackney Green Cllr Mischa Borris abstained in the vote. She commented, "Of course the Green […]
23 September 2009 by sianberry
Following a less-than-transparent South London Waste Partnership workshop on the 7th September, frustrated local residents, environmentalists and politicians are pressing ahead with an anti-incinerator campaign. The official launch will be on 23rd September, 7.30pm at Ruskin House, Coombe Road, Croydon. The campaign calls for an immediate end to the South London Waste Partnership in its […]