Two Greenwich Labour councillors have demanded to know why their town hall is spending £1.8 million on new diesel minibuses rather than choosing electric vehicles instead. Nick Williams and Maisie Richards Cottell say that the council’s plan is contrary to the climate emergency it declared four years ago, which pledged to make the borough carbon […]
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Cut car use by 45 per cent, Greenwich Council’s climate emergency plan urges
Greenwich Council wants to see a 45 per cent drop in the number of cars on the borough roads in the next nine years – and could implement controlled parking zones right across its area, according to its plan to address the climate emergency. The plan, to be discussed by councillors next week, aims to […]
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Summer nights at Blackheath drive-in attacked by Greenwich councillor
A Greenwich councillor has criticised his own town hall’s decision to allow a drive-in cinema to pitch up on Blackheath – despite the borough not allowing car parking for circuses and other events there. At The Drive-In – which promotes the motor manufacturer Suzuki – screened Grease on Monday night, the first of 12 drive-in […]
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Greenwich deputy leaders to speak at Extinction Rebellion online meeting
The outgoing and incoming deputy leaders of Greenwich Council will speak at an online meeting of Extinction Rebellion next week to discuss the town hall’s plans to cut carbon emissions to net zero in 10 years. David Gardner, the current deputy leader, and Denise Scott-McDonald, who will replace him next Wednesday, will talk at Extinction […]
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Polluters to cough up as Lewisham Council backs new parking charges
New parking charges have been approved by Lewisham Council in an attempt to improve air quality and tackle the climate emergency. The new banded prices, which were agreed by elected mayor Damien Egan and his cabinet last night, will come into effect in April. They mean drivers of electric cars who need parking permits […]
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Greenwich Council backs climate emergency – but ignores Silvertown Tunnel
Wednesday night at the council: Greenwich councillors declared a climate emergency last night – but studiously avoided mentioning the borough’s most controversial environmental scheme, the Silvertown Tunnel. Labour councillors accepted a motion from the Conservatives mostly beefing up their original pledge, promising to make the borough carbon neutral by 2030, or earlier if possible, with […]
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Extinction Rebellion dismisses Greenwich Council’s ‘climate emergency’
Extinction Rebellion activists have dismissed Greenwich Council’s plan to declare a climate emergency at next week’s council meeting as “business as usual”. The group, which is holding a “people’s assembly” at the University of Greenwich on Saturday, has been campaigning for the council to recognise the seriousness of the global warming threat and met councillors, […]
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Greenwich Council to change its mind and declare a climate emergency
Greenwich Council is to declare a climate emergency, a senior councillor revealed last night, just two months after she dismissed a proposal to make the borough carbon neutral by 2030. Denise Scott-McDonald made the revelation under pressure from councillors at a meeting of the regeneration, transport and culture scrutiny panel which also saw a veteran […]
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