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Tag Archives: Jenny Jones
Council ‘improves’ its recycling rates by burning more rubbish
It was trebles all-round at Croydon Town Hall last night, as councillors slapped themselves on the back for significantly improved recycling rates, after they imposed Binmageddon on residents across the borough last year. But an unintended slip by a council … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Jenny Jones, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jenny Jones, Labour, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Veolia, Viridor
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Greens and Boris back schemes for clean energy in schools
A school in Upper Norwood is being prevented from generating more green energy and supplementing its education budgets with cheap electricity because of changes in Government policy. Data suggests that better use of existing renewable energy technology across all of … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Environment, Jenny Jones, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Schools, St Joseph's College
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Friends of the Earth, Green Party, Jenny Jones, Mayor, St Joseph's College, Tory
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Questions to be asked over £1.5m-worth of Viridor ‘gifts’
Parliamentary questions are to be asked about whether a proper degree of scrutiny was given to £1.5-million-worth of donations made to causes in the constituencies of three LibDem government ministers by the charitable arm of incinerator operators Viridor. The gifts, … Continue reading
Croydon among worst boroughs for axing street trees
In Croydon, where hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate their homes in February due to flooding following the wettest winter since records began, the council has managed to axe 1,703 street trees in three years – about 5 per … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Health, Jenny Jones, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London
Tagged Croydon, Environment, flooding, Global warming, Jenny Jones, Street trees, Trees
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Jones critical of ‘crass stupidity’ of national flood planning
What can be done to avoid the worst impact of the floods that have blighted large areas of Kenley and Purley, and closed a major A-road in the area for the best part of a month? Jenny Jones, the 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Coulsdon, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fracking, Gardening, Jenny Jones, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Environment, flooding, floods, Green Party, Jenny Jones, Kenley, London, London Assembly, Purley, Tory
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Dirty Croydon I: Boris failing Londoners on air quality
London Mayor Boris Johnson is not doing enough to reduce motor traffic on the capital’s roads, and is playing down the risks of serious long-term health damage to millions of Londoners. That’s according to Jenny Jones, the Green party London … Continue reading
Croydon among worst hit boroughs by police station closures
Croydon is one of the London boroughs worst affected by proposals from the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to close police stations. According to research conducted by the Green Party’s London Assembly Member Jenny Jones, an additional 107,774 people during … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Greens, Kenley, Mayor of London, Norbury, Policing, Purley, Riots Review Panel, South Norwood
Tagged Boris Johnson, Green, Jenny Jones, Kenley, London, Mayor, Metropolitan Police, Police station
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Boris’s road safety cuts have led to increase in casualties
The number of casualties among pedestrians and cyclists on London’s roads have risen each year since 2008, while spending on road safety in the capital has been more than halved since Boris Johnson became Mayor, according to research by Jenny … Continue reading
Boris called to answer for 22% rise in cyclists’ deaths
There were 571 cyclists killed or seriously injured in London in the past year, a 22 per cent increase over 2010, leading to one senior London Assembly Member to blame Boris Johnson, the capital’s “cycling mayor”, for policies applied through … Continue reading