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South Lanarkshire Council Passes Divestment Motion
Today, Wednesday 28th September 2022, Cllr Kirsten Robb (Scottish Green Party, East Kilbride East), presented a motion to the full council calling for South Lanarkshire’s money to be invested for positive change and not contribute to the climate and ecological crises (the full text of the motion can be found here). The motion, which was supported by the majority of councillors, asked the council to write to Strathclyde Pension Fund calling on it to divest from fossil fuels as soon as possible and for the council to develop a Responsible Investment Policy of its own. This summer many of us witnessed the catastrophic events of climate change on our own doorstep…
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South Lanarkshire Council Can Show Climate Leadership
This Wednesday (28th Sep, 2022), Cllr Kirsten Robb, will present a motion to the full council calling for South Lanarkshire’s money to be invested for positive change and not contribute to the climate and ecological crises (full motion text available here). The motion asks the council to write to Strathclyde Pension Fund calling on it to divest from fossil fuels as soon as possible and for the council to develop a Responsible Investment Policy of its own. We Can’t Do This Without You! We are asking you to email your councillors to ask them to support the motion. You can find your councillors here. We’ve created an email to make…
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Councillor Update, September 2022
I have been continuing case and ward work, working with various organisations and charities in and around East Kilbride East, as they tackle the cost of living crisis. I have also helped support many of my constituents with their particular needs such as path improvements, road safety, particularly around schools, homelessness, home adaptations and planning. I have met with local housing officers to discuss, amongst other things, bike storage solutions. I am supporting local community groups and residents as they improve play and recreation facilities at Cornfoot Crescent and Long Calderwood. A start has been made on improvements to the football cage at Morrishall Road and I took part in…
