Posts Tagged ‘Jon Burke’
Community parklets: Locals invited to apply as council reopens trial programme
Residents can submit ideas to the Town Hall, with plans afoot to add to Hackney’s six parking bay oases
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 MoreTransport for London ‘absolutely committed’ to Silvertown Tunnel despite council opposition
XR campaigners speak out against £1bn project as top councillors warn of potential increase in Homerton traffic
Read MoreTransport for London lays out plans for new Cycleway between Dalston and Lea Bridge
Public can have a say on the first phase of the route, which is designed to make it easier to get around east London on foot or by bike
Read MoreTown Hall ‘highly commended’ for commitment to 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020
Hackney Green Party calls for further action on fossil fuel divestment and glyphosate use
Read MoreTitbits – Big Bang blares and political prayers
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Read MoreTown Hall moves ahead with first steps of publicly-owned energy company
Partnership with energy supplier voted through as energy boss says ‘the time for deeds, not words, is well upon us’
Read MoreCampaigners call for total ban on ‘toxic’ glyphosate weedkiller after council announces decline in use
Fashion designer Katharine Hamnett says anything other than an outright ban is a ‘major dereliction of duty’
Read MoreTitbits – Sneaky braking and misplaced muckraking
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Read MoreSmashing success: 10xGreener’s depaving event gives Hackney neighbourhood a lift
A team of volunteers broke up concrete and brick to make way for plants and wildlife for ‘Nature is Smashing’ get-together
Read MoreTitbits – Soporific stories and disappearing Tories
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Read MoreConservative councillor called out as ‘bully’ for threats of ‘violent demonstrations’ over cycle lanes
Threats provoke cries of ‘outrageous’ in council chamber
Read MoreTitbits – Fuelling splits and political mis-hits
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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 MoreTitbits – Hunger games, weighty revelations and underground sartorial frustrations
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Read MoreTitbits – Missed history, handshakes and mayoral outtakes
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Read MorePlastic pollution: Council urges volunteers to help kickstart a ‘refill revolution’ in Hackney
Town Hall wants to persuade local businesses to provide free water to people with reusable bottles
Read MoreLeader – The last straw
One minute of convenience is not worth thousands of years of plastic pollution
Read MoreEnergy chief leads charge to cut plastic use across the borough
Roll-out of new water fountains across Hackney planned over next four years
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