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Storm rages at Town Hall over unspent £4m climate funding
Jamaica has been declared a disaster zone, after Hurricane Melissa ripped through the Caribbean island overnight. But according to Mayor Jason Perry’s most senior colleague at Croydon Town Hall, the climate emergency “is not a priority”. Today, the supercharged Hurricane … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Jason Cummings
Tagged Climate Crisis, Climate emergency, Cllr Jason Cummings, Connie Duxbury, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Cuba, Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica, Jason Cummings, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Climate crisis? It’s not a priority for Croydon, says Cummings
Last week, the cabinet member for finance, Conservative councillor Jason Cummings, pictured left, stood up in the Town Hall Chamber and explained that the council had failed to spend £3.9m of carbon offset grants in nine years because… well… they … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Jason Cummings
Tagged Climate Crisis, Climate emergency, Connie Duxbury, Conservative, Councillor Jason Cummings, Croydon, Croydon Climate Action, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, London Borough of Croydon, Tory
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‘Once they’re gone, they’re gone’: Corbyn digs in on allotments
Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour Party leader, has criticised the government’s move to relax restrictions on local councils to allow them to sell allotments to house-builders. Angela Rayner, the Secretary of State for housing, has recently given her permission for … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Planning, Wildlife
Tagged Addiscombe Allotments, allotments, Angela Rayner MP, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Park Hill Allotments, Selhurst and South Norwood Allotments, WeOwnIt
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Apply now to claim free trees in latest Woodland Trust scheme
The Woodland Trust is giving away hundreds of thousands of trees to schools, community groups, sports clubs and similar organisations to try to help everybody have the chance to plant a sapling and play their part in reducing the impact … Continue reading
Five years on, climate protesters ask: What has been achieved?
It is now five years since Croydon Council grandiosely issued its Climate and Ecological Emergency statement – and a group of environmental organisations are planning to protest on the steps of the Town Hall ahead of Wednesday’s meeting of full … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Waste incinerator
Tagged Climate and Ecological Emergency, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tony Newman, Tory, XR Croydon, XR Sutton
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You can help save the bees, just like Jeremy Clarkson…
When even Jeremy Clarkson, the king of Britain’s petrolheads, says that we’re heading for an “insect annihilation”, then you know there must be something wrong. Clarkson, on his Amazon TV show Clarkson’s Farm, vowed to do something about the loss … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Clarkson's Farm, Friends of the Earth, Jeremy Clarkson
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Help precious pollinators by getting your own Bee Saver Kit
There are unprecedented challenges facing the world, but our fragile food system would be put under even more strain if we lose our bees. Bees pollinate 75per cent of our main food crops worldwide, but right now they are dying … Continue reading
Our world will be a sadder, lesser place without Grace Onions
PETER UNDERWOOD, who campaigned with her on a range of environmental and political issues, offers his personal tribute to iC reader Grace Onions, who has died, aged 56 Grace Onions touched the lives of so many people in so many … Continue reading
For COP27 not to be a cop-out, we need action by our leaders
PETER UNDERWOOD says that Croydon has its own Nero figure, fiddling while the planet burns They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. In July 64AD, a great fire ravaged Rome, destroying three-quarters of the city, killing many and leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Esther Sutton, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood
Tagged Conservative, COP27, Croydon, Croydon Climate Commission, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Green Party, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Tory
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Tories pose real threat to Selsdon Vale with ‘attack on nature’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Prime Minister may have sacked her Chancellor and his replacement might have scrapped almost all of the Trussonomic financial policies announced just three weeks ago. But, says PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, there’s no sign that the Tories … Continue reading
Croydon among areas worst hit by deadly climate change
Croydon is one of the areas at highest risk of being worst affected by the extreme heat, according to research conducted at the University of Manchester for Friends of the Earth. A national emergency has been declared in “Blowtorch Britain”, … Continue reading
Fire fighters air worries after IPCC’s ‘atlas of human suffering’
The country’s firefighters, the public service which is primarily tasked with responding to natural emergencies such as flooding or wildfires in heatwaves, says it is ill-prepared to cope with the kind of events which UN-backed scientists predict will occur over … Continue reading
Pollution cloud over Croydon as Mayor calls for less car use
A dirty grey smear hung above Croydon at lunchtime today, evidencing the health warnings because of particulate pollution issued this morning by DEFRA and the Met Office. Simon Birkett, the founder of Clean Air London, described the situation as a … Continue reading
Greenpeace and climate activists take message to North End
Volunteers from Croydon Climate Action, along with various community groups and organisations, yesterday hosted the first Croydon Great Big Green Festival on North End. More than 2,000 events have been held across Britain in the past seven days as part … Continue reading
The Shirley chainsaw massacre: hundreds of trees condemned
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Chop! Chop! The bankrupt council is spending £15,000 in a rush to destroy dozens of trees, many of them apparently healthy. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Cash-strapped Croydon Council is planning to fell more than 250 trees around … Continue reading
Farage supporters Sainsbury’s told they’re a load of rubbish
Sainsbury’s, the company that pays Nigel Farage’s wages by advertising on GammonTV, has received plenty of adverse publicity recently from the outstanding campaign group Led By Donkeys. And this week their store on the Purley Way was subjected to a … Continue reading
Public outcry as council off-loads historic Heathfield House
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The future of a long-established ecology charity has been placed under threat, as well as hundreds of school visits conducted annually, by a council plan to lease out a publicly-owned listed building. By our environment correspondent, PAUL … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Charity, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon parks, Environment, Heathfield, Heathfield House, History, Property, Riesco Collection, Sarah Hayward, Schools, Selsdon & Ballards, Wildlife
Tagged Addington Hills, Croydon Ecology Centre, Heathfield House, Lorraine Chatfield, Lucia Briault, Sarah Hayward, STUART KING
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Time for London’s politicians to redesign streets for people
CROYDON COMMENTARY: For South Croydon resident CONNIE MUIR, it is a manifesto from a community organisation which has impressed her most during the latest election campaign, as she’s voting with her feet During the pandemic, people in London have rediscovered … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Walks
Tagged Connie Muir, Living Streets
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Silvertown build costs Khan backing from Friends of the Earth
The hugely polluting Silvertown Tunnel scheme, backed by both Labour’s Sadiq Khan and the Tories’ Shaun Bailey, could see both candidates in Thursday’s Mayor election lose the support of Londoners who are rightly concerned about the climate crisis and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Tory
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‘It’s now or never’ for Croydon to start its Green New Deal
More than 10,000 green jobs could be created across infrastructure and care work in Croydon over the next decade, according to research published today. The data, compiled by Green New Deal UK, shows that Croydon is likely to suffer more … Continue reading
