Keep up to date with the Glasgow Greens

A Greener Future for Byres Road

Fri 19 Apr, 2019

Last year Greens warned [https://greens.scot/glasgow/news/9-million-byres-road-plans-risk-a-misse... that the £9 million investment in Byres Road risked being a missed opportunity, with timid plans that did nothing to tackle congestion or air pollution, and that failed to provide the sort of safe infrastructure needed to make walking and cycling attractive and encourage people to stop using cars for short journeys.

Save Otago Lane

Mon 8 Apr, 2019

Help is urgently need to save Otago Lane after a new planning application has been submitted for flats up to seven storeys high. These are to be built to the rear of 65-77 Otago Street and on Otago Lane and anyone concerned is asked to submit a planning objection by Friday 12th April.

Glasgow Budget: Greens Protect Services and Back Climate Emergency Fund

Thu 21 Feb, 2019

Green Councillors in Glasgow have today (21 February 2019) unveiled their proposed city budget which sets out spending plans to protect local services, act on the climate emergency and give more power to local communities.

Green Budget Deal Gives Extra Funding To Glasgow

Fri 1 Feb, 2019

Yesterday in Holyrood Green pressure delivered what Councils across Scotland have been asking for – extra funding to prevent cuts, greater freedom to raise funds locally, and a vital package of long-term local tax reforms.

“Setting in motion an end to the unfair Council Tax is a huge achievement and, together with other reforms, it means councils like Glasgow can raise more money locally, like most other modern European cities," said Cllr Allan Young, co-convenor of the Green Councillors Group in Glasgow.

Greens Demand Full Investigation into Asylum Claims

Mon 3 Dec, 2018

Green councillors in Glasgow have today demanded a full investigation into  reports that council officers knew about plans by the UK Government’s contractor Serco to evict asylum seekers earlier this year, despite earlier claims that leading councillors were ‘blind-sided’ by the plans.

Councillor Kim Long, the Greens’ equalities spokesperson, has called for an investigation to be carried out urgently by one of the Council’s scrutiny committees.

Support for Active Travel Friendly Workplaces

Mon 26 Nov, 2018

The strengthening of local authority powers to introduce a Workplace Parking Levy will be discussed by Glasgow City Council’s Environment, Sustainability and Carbon Reduction City Policy Development Committee on Tuesday 27th November 2018.

Nottingham City Council has introduced a Workplace Parking Levy to tackle problems associated with traffic congestion and this has provided funding for major transport infrastructure initiatives and acted as an incentive for employers to manage their workplace parking provision.

Greens Welcome High Street Plans

Fri 2 Nov, 2018

Green Councillors were yesterday welcoming plans to provide much-needed attention to the city's neglected High Street.

The new High Street Area Strategy and Action Plan was passed at the City Administration Committee on 1st November and is the result of a year's worth of cross-party discussions, community and business consultation and extra dedicated council staff time.  (For full details, see here.)

Green Councillors Are Calling for a Free Tap Water Refill Scheme to Help Cut Plastic Bottle Waste

Mon 2 Jul, 2018

It is estimated that the average Glaswegian adult buys more than 3 plastic water bottles every week, which adds up to a startling 175 bottles every year per person. In total, the UK uses 13 billion plastic bottles every year. Only 7.5 billion are recycled, with the remaining 5.5 billion causing substantial amounts of single-use plastic waste.

In addition to this, the production of bottled water is around five hundred times more carbon intensive than tap water, and the quality tests for bottled brands are far less stringent than for the water that comes out of our taps.