Keep up to date with the Glasgow Greens

Greens Will Fight Watering-Down of Glasgow Clean Air Plans

Wed 13 Jun, 2018

Green Councillors in Glasgow aim to stop the SNP administration backtracking on previously-agreed plans to bring in a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) for all vehicles by 2021, accusing them of lacking ambition for clean air.

£9 Million Byres Road Plans Risk a Missed Opportunity

Sun 27 May, 2018

Glasgow has outgrown the private car. The air we breathe is unsafe, our roads are crumbling under ever-increasing traffic volumes and our transport system is failing to address the needs of the half of households in the city without access to a car. Other parts of the city are benefiting from investment to make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to walk and cycle safely.

Glasgow Greens to Press Holyrood on Planning Reform

Thu 10 May, 2018

Greens in Glasgow are urging fellow Councillors to back a major change to the planning system which would give local people the right to appeal planning decisions for the first time.

A Green Party motion to be debated by Glasgow City Council on 17 May calls for an ‘equal right of appeal’ to be added to the Planning (Scotland) Bill, which is currently being considered by the Scottish Parliament.

No Room for Excuses in Tackling Air Pollution

Mon 30 Apr, 2018

A Scottish Green Councillor has called for more ambition from Glasgow's decision makers in the implementation of low emission zones in the city.

Councillor Martha Wardrop told a public meeting that the Glasgow's poor air quality was a 'blight on the city'.

The gathering, organised by the city's Scottish Green Party branch, saw politicians and campaigners come together to discuss the ways that Glasgow's disgusting air quality can be improved.

Big Branch Meeting: Air Pollution in Glasgow - Where Next?

Mon 23 Apr, 2018

Join us this Thursday for discussion on air pollution in Glasgow, and what we can do about it.

We'll be hearing from Emilia Hanna from Friends of the Earth, Patrick Harvie MSP, Cllr Martha Wardrop, and active travel campaigner John Chivall.

We'll be at the Renfield Centre on Bath Street, this Thursday, 26th April.  Doors open at 6:30pm with tea and coffee, and the meeting itself will start at 7:00pm.

Do come along and join us!

Greens Call for Opposition to Anti-Abortion Tactics

Wed 21 Mar, 2018

Members of Glasgow Green Party are taking a stand against a demonstration by an American pro-life group.

The branch's Women's Network will be taking part in a counter demonstration to voice their support for a pro-choice approach to abortion. This will be in opposition to the ‘40 Days for Life’ rally taking place on Sunday in George Square. This event will mark the end of the group's Lent-long 'vigil' outside of Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where patients attend for abortion services in the city.

Glasgow Greens Welcome Strengthening of Low Emission Zone Plans

Mon 19 Mar, 2018

Proposals for Glasgow’s coming Low Emission Zone (LEZ) - the first in Scotland - were considered today by Glasgow City Council’s Environment, Sustainability and Carbon Reduction Policy Development Committee. The committee voted to accept an amendment brought by Labour and seconded by the Greens to bring the full implementation of the LEZ for all eligible  vehicles forward to 2021, and to include enforcement measures against bus operators for not meeting interim targets from December 2018.

Low Emissions Zone Plans Not Tough Enough to Deal With Public Health Emergency

Fri 16 Mar, 2018

Hope Street in Glasgow’s city centre remains one of the most polluted streets in Scotland, with the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide in the country, and around 300 Glaswegians are killed every year by the effects of breathing the city’s toxic air. Green councillors are worried that plans being considered by Glasgow City Council will not do enough to clean up the dangerously polluted air that residents are forced to breathe.