Islington Greens Slam New Boris Bus as an expensive distraction. 29th February 2012 by Islington Green Party Islington Green Party responded to the inaugural journey of the Major’s new bus through Islington by slamming the fact that the money spent on this vanity project is delaying the wider fight against life threatening levels of air pollution on our streets. While TfL claim the new the bus has some good green credentials, […] Read more »
No action on Air Pollution in Islington 29th February 2012 by Islington Green Party Council meeting attendees reacted with horror as Cllr Smith admitted he intended to take no action over levels of air pollution in the Borough exceeding EU safe limits by up to 75%. In fact Cllr Smith went further saying that we just had to put up with dangerously high levels of air pollution as an […] Read more »
Calls for vulnerable road users to have more legal protection 28th February 2012 by Islington Green Party At the national Green Party conference in Liverpool last week, Camden Green Party chair Natalie Bennett moved an addition to Green Party policy that sees the Party backing the campaign for the introduction of "proportional liability" (also known as "stricter liability") for road users. The campaign is supported by Road Peace, the Environmental Law Foundation, the London Cycling Campaign and many others. […] Read more »
End the Big 6 Energy Fix 12th February 2012 by Islington Green Party Caroline Allen joins protesters at Hackney Town Hall Caroline Allen, the Green Party GLA candidate for North East London, is calling for Islington’s residents to sign up to a new campaign to help tackle the serious issue of fuel poverty. The ‘Winter Warm Up’ campaign, which last month saw Caroline and supporters protesting on […] Read more »
Ward Partnership Stitch Up? 8th February 2012 by Islington Green Party Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} Islington Greens have discovered more evidence that ward partnerships are not working effectively and are excluding residents from participation in important […] Read more »
Public Meeting: Communities Councils and Carbon – What we can do if Governments Won’t 6th February 2012 by Islington Green Party Communities Councils and Carbon – What we can do if Governments Won’t. A public meeting organised by Islington Green Party – all welcome! Please feel free to a spread the word to anyone you think might be interested. Monday 13th February at 8.15pm in the basement room at the Regent Pub, 201Liverpool Rd, N11LX […] Read more »