MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Darren Johnson, Green Party Assembly Member, is to use next week’s Mayor’s Question Time will ask Boris Johnson to defend his policy of above inflation fare increases in the wake of yesterday’s announcement that he is to scrap planning work on a number of transport projects.
Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Oh dear. The BNP Greens keep falling out of the woodwork, and now it turns out, I may have voted for one of them! Let’s start with this, a statement from local Green Party chap (and an all-round stand up guy), Darren Johnson, which I noticed in the comments section on Bob From Brockley’s blog. Lewisham Green [...]
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Boris Johnson has said he is considering commissioning a study into the possibility of an amnesty for London's estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants. The Mayor says he wants to look at ways people who have been in the UK for a "very substantial period" could earn the right to stay however he appeared to be at odds with his Assembly colleagues who last month voted against a motion calling for...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Boris Johnson has said he is considering commissioning a study into the possibility of an amnesty for London's estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants. The Mayor says he wants to look at ways people who have been in the UK for a "very substantial period" could earn the right to stay however he appeared to be at odds with his Assembly colleagues who last month voted against a motion calling for...
Greater London Authority news (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Press Release Assembly calls for all boroughs to achieve Fairtrade status21-11-2008 588 The London Assembly has called on Boris Johnson to urge all boroughs to support the Fairtrade campaign.Members agreed1 a motion congratulating the 20 London boroughs that have already achieved Fairtrade Borough status and welcomed the capital’s achievement of Fairtrade City status. However, the Assembly called...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Two members of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's security team have been transferred out of an elite law enforcement unit amid fears that their presence poses a conflict of interest during a federal investigation into the ex-mayor and members of his inner circle, sources told the Free Press on Tuesday.After Kilpatrick resigned and pleaded guilty to two felonies in September, Sgt. Darren Johnson,...
Greater London Authority news (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... containers that are thrown away by commuters, office workers, tourists and sports fans every day. Darren Johnson AM, Chair of the London Assembly Environment Committee, said: “There is public appetite to recycle plastic, and we need continued involvement from retailers, manufacturers and local authorities to keep the momentum going. “The vast amount of disposable plastic food and...
Greater London Authority news (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... and entertainment venues – and make recommendations to the Mayor and other relevant organisations.Darren Johnson AM, Chair of the London Assembly Environment Committee, said: “The environmental cost of disposable plastic food and drink containers is higher than ever. London cannot continue to cope with the amount of rubbish being produced.“The capital recycles or composts just 22...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
London's Green Party has condemned Mayor Boris Johnson for removing details of the Greater London Authority’s home insulation scheme, which offers discounted insulation kits from as little as £50 and free insulation to the over-70s and people on benefits, from the GLA website.
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... interventions since May’s GLA elections. The coalition is expected to campaign against Mayor Johnson’s recently announced above-inflation fare increase. Mr Livingstone said the current financial crisis “means that to sustain London as the best city in the world and protect living standards we need more public investment in areas like transport, good housing and improving the environment...
Coventry Green Voice (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
In elections in New Zealand, their Green Party (with 6.4% of the vote) increased their seats from 6 to 8. They are now the third-largest party in their parliament! One of the reasons why we want Caroline Lucas (Brighton Pavillion), and hopefully Adrian Ramsay (Norwich South) and Darren Johnson (Lewisham), to be elected to Parliament is that Green MPs get things done. Some of the New...
Tom's MAD Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
In comic book shops this week and on news stands Nov. 11th: MAD # 496 (December 2008) Cover (Mark Frederickson) The Fundalini Pages (Charles Akins, Greg Benson, Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, J.C. Duffy, Darren Johnson, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Kevin Pope, Tom Richmond, Ward Sutton, Rick Tulka) The Rise and Fall of a Rap Star (Desmond Devlin, Hermann [...]
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... households in London - in the form of reduced bus fares. The agreement was scrapped by Boris Johnson who expressed concerns over “one of the world’s financial powerhouses being funded by the people of a country where many people live in extreme poverty.” However, in a move which attracted widespread criticism the announcement was sneaked out in a press release over a Bank Holiday weekend...
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Public release date: 31-Oct-2008[ | ]Contact: Jim Barlow541-346-3481 New nanocluster to boost thin films for semiconductorsUniversity of Oregon, Oregon State discovery speeds production and yields; may lead to greener process Graduate student Zachary Mensinger, left, talks with co-authors Lev N. Zakharov, center, and Darren Johnson in Zakharov's lab in the underground Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories...
Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... result in the same control in the fabrication of semiconductor thin films," Assistant Professor Darren Johnson said. "We can tailor the properties for specific applications or for different performance levels."The research that included doctoral student Zachary Mensinger, Professor Douglas Keszler, and researchers Jason Gatlin, Stephen Meyers and Lev Zakharov is to appear in the German...
