Posts Tagged ‘Environment’
Chaos at Town Hall meeting after ‘disgusted’ resident urges council to scrap Walford Road closures
Pollution debate over William Patten Primary stopped by Speaker’s gavel
Read MoreGreen Room: Arcola Theatre aims to steal show in Sustainability category at The Stage awards
The magazine gave the Dalston performance hub the nod for its recent LED lighting scheme and its many other environmental credentials
Read MoreHomerton Hospital wins Eden Project award for measuring carbon footprint
NHS Trust has pledged to cut carbon emissions by five per cent
Read MoreClient Earth, James Thornton and Martin Goodman, book review – ‘a fight to protect our natural habitat’
The London Fields-based environmental law firm ClientEarth scored another victory last month in their battle for clean air. A new book outlines their philosophies
Read MoreGovernment must publish air pollution plan after fight by Hackney lawyers ClientEarth
Ministers wanted to delay publication but High Court rules against them
Read MoreCouncil’s pension fund’s exposure to CO2 emissions to be slashed in half – but is this too little, too late?
Move may not go far enough to placate environmental campaigners, but pensions committee chairman Councillor Robert Chapman says it is in reality the best arrangement possible
Read MoreEnvironmental law firm ClientEarth given £100,000 by City of London charity
Grant from the City Bridge Trust will fund a project working with businesses on issue of air pollution
Read More‘Britain is waiting, Prime Minister’: ClientEarth wins toxic air High Court case
Judge Mr Justice Garnham agrees government should be doing more to deal with air pollution and cites overly-optimistic modelling
Read MoreNew Lee Valley Ice Centre could put Leyton Marsh at risk, campaigners warn
Save Lea Marshes group vows to protect the ‘vital green lung’ of Leyton Marsh from plans to create an ‘international standard’ ice venue
Read More‘Hidden’ report reveals air pollution at 27 Hackney schools over EU limits
Primary schools in most deprived boroughs – including Hackney – tend on average to be more exposed to poor air quality, report finds
Read MoreCounting East London’s eels as they ebb from the River Lea
Once omnipresent in culture and waterways, efforts are now under way to tally – and save – the area’s dwindling eel population
Read MoreGreen Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Read MorePesticide Free Hackney campaigners urge council to stop using ‘toxic chemicals’
Council faces calls to rid Hackney of pesticides but remains committed to following government guidance on weed control
Read More‘I can walk 1,000 miles’ – teenager takes steps to combat climate change
Gabriel Stewart will walk the UK to fundraise for a renewable energy charity
Read MoreTitbits – Sporting Hackney FC and Simche Steinberger’s shot at goal
An embattled month for local ‘treehuggers’ and ‘Corbyn the clown’
Read MoreBan glyphosate, environmentalists tell Hackney Council at campaign launch
Former Friends of the Earth chief is among those pushing for herbicides issue to be on political agenda
Read MoreHackney Council says it spent over £11,000 on seeds for London Fields wildflower meadow
Huge bill racked up last year for colourful feature of park now at the centre of controversy over pesticide use
Read MoreKatharine Hamnett CBE slams council use of weedkiller on London Fields wildflower meadow
Fashion designer to speak out at campaign meeting this weekend over widespread use of chemical criticised by environmentalists
Read MoreHackney to play key role in Green Film Festival
National festival to hold its opening and closing ceremonies at Hackney Picturehouse
Read MoreHackney recycling efforts hit a brick wall
Little increase in recycling rate since green sacks introduced
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