Two more of Greenwich’s neighbouring boroughs have declared climate emergencies, weeks after it rejected a call to do so because it said it was already doing enough to deal with climate change. Tower Hamlets and Newham, both Labour-run councils, both joined Lewisham in pledging to make their boroughs carbon neutral by 2030. Lewisham made the […]
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‘It’s time to panic’: Lewisham Council declares climate emergency – but Greenwich won’t
Lewisham Council declared a “climate emergency” last week, backing the need for urgent action on the environment – but neighbouring Greenwich rejected the same calls, saying it was already doing enough. After a February day in which temperatures in SE London reached 19C, the two councils discussed the issue of what they could do about […]
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