‘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’
Environment
Come along to a summer fun day on Daubeney Fields
Celebrate London National Park City week in Hackney
Chaos at Town Hall meeting after ‘disgusted’ resident urges council to scrap Walford Road closures
Pollution debate over William Patten Primary stopped by Speaker’s gavel
Green Room: Arcola Theatre aims to steal show in Sustainability category at The Stage awards
The magazine gave the Dalston performance hub the nod for its recent LED lighting scheme and its many other environmental credentials
Homerton Hospital wins Eden Project award for measuring carbon footprint
NHS Trust has pledged to cut carbon emissions by five per cent
Client Earth, James Thornton and Martin Goodman, book review – ‘a fight to protect our natural habitat’
The London Fields-based environmental law firm ClientEarth scored another victory last month in their battle for clean air. A new book outlines their philosophies
Government must publish air pollution plan after fight by Hackney lawyers ClientEarth
Ministers wanted to delay publication but High Court rules against them
Council’s pension fund’s exposure to CO2 emissions to be slashed in half – but is this too little, too late?
Move may not go far enough to placate environmental campaigners, but pensions committee chairman Councillor Robert Chapman says it is in reality the best arrangement possible
Environmental law firm ClientEarth given £100,000 by City of London charity
Grant from the City Bridge Trust will fund a project working with businesses on issue of air pollution
‘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
New Lee Valley Ice Centre could put Leyton Marsh at risk, campaigners warn
Save Lea Marshes group vows to protect the ‘vital green lung’ of Leyton Marsh from plans to create an ‘international standard’ ice venue
‘Hidden’ report reveals air pollution at 27 Hackney schools over EU limits
Primary schools in most deprived boroughs – including Hackney – tend on average to be more exposed to poor air quality, report finds
Counting East London’s eels as they ebb from the River Lea
Once omnipresent in culture and waterways, efforts are now under way to tally – and save – the area’s dwindling eel population
Green Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Pesticide Free Hackney campaigners urge council to stop using ‘toxic chemicals’
Council faces calls to rid Hackney of pesticides but remains committed to following government guidance on weed control
‘I can walk 1,000 miles’ – teenager takes steps to combat climate change
Gabriel Stewart will walk the UK to fundraise for a renewable energy charity