Karine Polwart
Councillors Archive
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£eith Decides
Posted on November 30, 2010 | 1 CommentLeithers braved the beginnings of the snow and ice and turned out to participate in £eith Decides, an innovative approach to funding community projects. -
Groundbreaking Green Parking Charges
Posted on September 21, 2010 | No CommentsFinal Approval for ‘Groundbreaking’ Green Parking Charges A proposal by Green Councillors in Edinburgh to link parking charges with car pollution has today been given final approval by Councillors and will be introduced in November this year. The Greens say the scheme, the first of... -
Greens Welcome End To Caltongate Plan
Posted on August 3, 2010 | No CommentsGreen Councillors have welcomed news today that City of Edinburgh Council has withdrawn from the redevelopment of the Old Town Caltongate site as originally proposed by bankrupt company Mountgrange. Edinburgh Greens had backed a long campaign by local people to oppose the plans. Greens’ Planning... -
Greens Push Council Over Ship to Ship Oil Transfers
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsGreen Councillors this morning won agreement that Edinburgh Council will make an official protest to the UK Government over its refusal to bring in new laws banning the transfer of millions of tonnes of crude oil between ships at anchor in the Forth Estuary [1].... -
Greens say Provost should take the train to France
Posted on May 11, 2010 | No CommentsGreen Councillors have said Edinburgh’s Lord Provost should be travelling by train to a WWI commemorative service in northern France in July instead of flying. The call for further information on this possibility came during this morning’s Policy & Strategy Committee [1] but was rejected... -
Caltongate site should be seeded by summer
Posted on April 7, 2009 | No CommentsGreen Councillors in Edinburgh have today called for the dug-up site of the bankrupted Caltongate project to be turned into green space while the development is on hold With much of the city centre enduring road and building works, this proposal would create a new... -
Let our schools be used to their full potential
Posted on April 1, 2009 | No CommentsRead Green councillor, Alison Johnstone’s opinion piece in today’s Evening News -
Greens call for City cyclists not to slip off gritting programme
Posted on March 12, 2009 | No CommentsGreen councillors have called for cyclists to be given equal treatment in gritting paths after a spate of accidents. As the coldest winter for years draws to an end, the Greens have drawn attention to the fact that many dedicated cycle paths have remained iced...
