Extinction Rebellion protesters are planning to hold a demonstration at one of the entrances to the A102 on Friday as pressure mounts on London mayor Sadiq Khan to cancel the controversial Silvertown Tunnel road crossing. The pressure group plans to “swarm” the Woolwich Road roundabout in east Greenwich from 7am on the morning of 9 […]
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Stop backing Silvertown Tunnel, Greenwich Labour members tell council
Greenwich Council is under new pressure to reverse its support for the controversial Silvertown Tunnel after local Labour Party members across the borough passed motions demanding councillors drop its backing for mayor Sadiq Khan’s £1bn road scheme. Party members in Greenwich & Woolwich, Eltham and Erith & Thamesmead have all passed motions attacking the tunnel […]
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Londoners asked to withhold council tax to stop Silvertown Tunnel
Londoners are being asked to withhold part of their council tax in protest at Sadiq Khan’s plans to continue building the Silvertown Tunnel. Protesters from Extinction Rebellion have gathered outside City Hall this evening to launch the protest, which asking Londoners to not pay 22% of one month’s council tax – the portion that goes […]
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Greenwich’s air pollution chief ‘slightly optimistic’ about ULEZ effect on Woolwich
The Greenwich councillor in charge of air quality is “slightly optimistic” that Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone will not damage air quality in Woolwich, she said last night. Denise Scott-McDonald, whose portfolio covers both transport and air quality, said she had been reassured by reports that 74 per cent of vehicles inside the current […]
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Transport author Christian Wolmar to speak at Silvertown Tunnel meeting
One of Britain’s leading transport writers, Christian Wolmar, will be addressing a public meeting about the Silvertown Tunnel in Woolwich on Thursday. The event aims to discuss the impact of the tunnel, which will link Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, on Woolwich and the wider area, in light of Greenwich Council’s declaration of a […]
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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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Schoolchildren plead with Sadiq Khan to scrap Silvertown Tunnel
Schoolchildren from Kidbrooke have pleaded for the Silvertown Tunnel to be scrapped, as protesters hit City Hall for a second time this morning. Pupils and teachers from the Thomas Tallis school joined environmental campaigners from Extinction Rebellion and the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition to pressure London mayor Sadiq Khan to backtrack on the controversial […]
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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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