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14 July 2014 by sianberry
The Mayor should be getting behind local calls for the expansion of the 20mph speed limits, not celebrating motor racing on some of the most polluted streets in the world says Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson. Darren Johnson campaigning to spread the 20mph speed limits throughout London. The government intends to change the law to […]
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12 July 2014 by sianberry
London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert and members of the London Green Party were out in force today to support a national day of action against a new trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States. If agreed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could extend the power of multinational corporations […]
11 July 2014 by sianberry
The “environmental lawyers” ClientEarth have revealed that the UK Government tried to suppress information on its pollution target complience using rules on legal privilege, seemingly unaware that it was to be published on Defra’s website. The figures published by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) show that the UK Government does not expect London to […]
10 July 2014 by sianberry
Today London Greens stood alongside unions in the largest one-day strike over pay by public sector employees since 2010. London Green Party activist Charlie Kiss, left, with Green Islington Councillor Caroline Russell at the rally in Trafalgar Square The Green Party pledged to support the employees’ right to strike and to picket peacefully in order […]
9 July 2014 by sianberry
Newly elected Green Party Councillor Caroline Russell has mounted a campaign to improve the recycling and waste-disposal facilities in Highbury Fields, the borough’s largest open space. With local residents and workers keen to make the most of the summer sun, the park has seen a big increase in visitors in recent weeks. Sadly bins in […]
8 July 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson has called up billionaire businessman Richard Branson and Tory Mayor Boris Johnson on their schemes to maximise profits to the detriment of Londoners’ quality of life. Sir Richard Branson has called for four new runways and a new airport to be built, a month before a critical aviation consultation closes. The […]
London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has released “A Brighter Future for London”, a report asking why London has lowest uptake of solar panels of any region on mainland Britain. Green Assembly Member and working Peer Jenny Jones has published a report looking at the potential of solar and some of the barriers London faces to joining the […]
7 July 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones calls on Mayor Boris Johnson to act to protect Londoners and visitors as King’s College researchers find Oxford Street’s NO2 levels are highest in the world. The King’s College analysis of Nitrogen Dioxide pollution, which is produced by diesel emissions from buses and taxis, has revealed on Oxford Street is the […]
5 July 2014 by sianberry
London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has called for an “adequately-funded publicly-provided NHS” as protesters march through East London to mark 66 years of the health service. The Green Party have released an animated film to highlight the encroaching privatisation of the NHS by successive Conservative and Labour governments Today’s “Save our Surgeries” rally was called to highlight the […]
2 July 2014 by sianberry
The Green fight to protect digital rights continues with a procedural hearing in the legal case brought by London Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones and Caroline Lucas MP. Yesterday’s hearing at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), is the first since the two Green Parliamentarians began legal proceedings in May this year following email monitoring revelations by Edward Snowdon. […]