Campaign group casts doubt on accuracy of council’s air quality monitoring
‘Even a metre makes a difference’ say campaigners as errors found in Town Hall’s air quality annual status report
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Hackney Council slammed for ‘perverse’ approach to playground air pollution
Hackney ‘at odds’ with 23 other councils and City Hall over Whitehall’s air quality guidance, say campaigners
Council to adopt ‘new approach’ to glyphosate weedkillers in wake of renewed health fears
‘Hackney Council need to stop using glyphosate altogether immediately. New solutions must be found,’ says campaigner
Stoke Newington farmers’ market celebrates 15 years
Growing Communities has been running London’s only fully organic food fair since 2003 – and is marking the occasion with a big party
Whitehall ‘passing the buck’ on illegal air pollution, say Hackney lawyers
ClientEarth blasts government’s latest air quality action plan, released by ministers on Friday after failed legal bid to delay publication
Government must publish air pollution plan after fight by Hackney lawyers ClientEarth
Ministers wanted to delay publication but High Court rules against them
‘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
Hackney law firm drags government back to court over ‘woeful failure’ to tackle air pollution
Air quality in the UK is ‘nothing short of a public health crisis’, says ClientEarth
Government spends over £100,000 fighting air pollution case against Hackney lawyers
Department of Environment and Rural Affairs spent at least £105,000 of taxpayers’ money in court challenges over illegal air pollution
Toxic hogweed plants spotted on Hackney Marshes
Council confirms invasive plant species is growing along areas of the River Lea but no injuries have been reported
Glyphosate used by council ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans, report finds
Director of Public Health Dr Penny Bevan says council will ‘continue to follow government guidance’
ROA’s graffiti rabbit faces removal by Hackney Council
Renowned Belgian street artist’s work – painted on side of the Premises recording studio and cafe – is under threat
Clissold deer death raises welfare concerns
Hackney’s favourite green space may not be the best environment for wild animals