Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
‘Raise the alarm’: Hackney climate strikers take to the streets to demand change
Hackney Mayor promises ‘largest new tree planting programme in a generation’
Read MoreMore than 40 Hackney streets could close to traffic for Car-Free Day in September
Council announces plan to ban vehicles from Stoke Newington Church Street on 22 September, with residents encouraged to take part
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion: Free six-month display to be unveiled at V&A Museum of Childhood
The exhibition in Bethnal Green, centred on the activist group’s family-friendly work, is part of a wider partnership that will see its designs go on show at the V&A’s Rapid Response gallery
Read MoreTitbits – Frosty recitals and unsettling titles
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion: ‘Big win’ for local contingent as Hackney MPs voice support
Both Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier accepted a meeting with borough rebels to discuss the movement’s demands
Read MoreLocal schoolkids tackle congestion head on with cycling challenge
Pupils, parents and staff at the Olive School took a healthier route in for 10 days for charity Sustrans
Read MoreMayor declares ‘climate emergency’ as Tory councillor repeats denial of manmade global warming
Divest Hackney repeat calls on council to cease investment in fossil fuel companies
Read MoreAnthropocene, Hackney Empire, theatre preview: ‘A modern opera worthy of consideration’
The Scottish Opera and Royal Opera House team up for this ‘genuine thriller’ about an Arctic expedition which comes unstuck
Read MoreWhoville listen? Councillors labelled ‘grinches’ as campaigners again call for 100 per cent fossil fuel divestment
Christmas cards from Hackney children calling for end to high-carbon investments delivered to committee as Town Hall defends 50 per cent divestment by 2022 as ‘ambitious’
Read MoreHackney to give microplastics the brush-off with biodegradable bristles
Announcement comes as finance chief boasts of ‘Hackney model’ for new sustainable procurement strategy
Read More‘Big step forward’: Hackney Council to get half of its power from renewables by April 2019
Town Hall proposes working with other local authorities ‘to put rocket boosters under investment in renewable energy’
Read MoreCampaigners ‘mystified’ over Diane Abbott’s failure to sign fossil fuel pledge
Hackney MP’s team cites ‘Shadow Cabinet protocol’ and unfair media scrutiny
Read MoreHackney poet Anthony Anaxagorou penned words for star-studded climate film ‘A Love Song’
The wordsmith calls for ‘immediate action’ in the wake of President Trump’s threats to pull out of climate deal
Read MoreCouncil delays decision on fossil fuel investment amid mounting pressure
Divest Hackney campaigners demand council dumps £42 million investments in coal, gas and crude oil extraction
Read MorePlane Stupid activists on trial over ‘disruptive’ Heathrow protests
Two from Hackney among 13 accused of chaining themselves to a runway at Heathrow in protest against the airport’s expansion
Read MoreEveryone in Hackney can help tackle climate change, divestment experts urge
The borough’s investment in fossil fuels through its pension fund and the environmental implications were subjects of the Hackney Divestment Debate
Read MoreHackney announces it will review £42m pension fund investment in dirty energy
‘Most fund members won’t be happy to learn that their money is funding climate change’, say divestment campaigners
Read MoreLeader — Council should put its money where its mouth is
The Hackney Citizen is backing Divest Hackney’s campaign calling on the council to withdraw its investment in fossil fuels
Read MoreDivest Hackney Q&A: Climate activists turn up the heat on local government
Local campaign group explains why it wants Hackney Council to divest from the £42m it has in the fossil fuel industry
Read MorePlane Stupid activists charged over Heathrow runway protest
Hackney residents amongst the 13 charged over direct action against runway expansion
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